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For new arrivals: if you're apartment-hunting in Paris, it helps to narrow your search to specific neighbourhoods. Here's our guide on which arrondissement is most likely to fit your lifestyle - and your budget.On this page:
UNDERSTANDING PARIS ESTATE AGENTS 
The 7th arrondissement is one of Paris' chic postcodes
Paris has 20 arrondissements, and each is attributed with its own number. This is done according to the pattern of a spiral, beginning with the 1st arrondissement in the heart of the capital and ending with the 20th on the outer east 
Most Parisians, like the inhabitants of other major French cities like Lyon or Marseille where the same system of arrondissements applies, describe their neighbourhood by its number instead of place names. So, more often than not, you'll find yourself being offered a home in "le 1er" or "le 10ème".
There is also a broad description which divides Paris into two; this is a split of the capital into Rive Gauche (meaning the Left Bank, the south-side of the river Seine) and Rive Droite (meaning the Right Bank, north side of the Seine).
There are very few town-houses in Paris and they therefore sell or rent at a premium. Most inhabitable property is made up of apartments situated in the six or seven-storey 19th century apartment buildings which make up most of the city.
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Here's a short introduction to our Buying a house or apartment section for France.
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