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The Jardin-des-Plantes district is the 18th administrative district of Paris, located in the 5th arrondissement, south and west of the Jardin des Plantes (Botanical Garden). Several streets in this district (and in the neighboring Saint-Victor district) are named after naturalists from the Jardin du Roi (Royal Garden), now the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (National Museum of Natural History): Buffon, Cuvier, Daubenton, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Guy de la Brosse, Jussieu, Lacépède, and others.

Boundaries
The districts of the 5th arrondissement.

The Jardin-des-Plantes district is bordered (clockwise):

to the east by Boulevard de l'Hôpital;

to the south by Boulevard Saint-Marcel and a small section of Boulevard de Port-Royal;

to the west by Rue Pascal and Rue Mouffetard;

to the north by Rue Lacépède, Rue Cuvier, and the Seine River.

Its population was estimated at approximately 18,950 inhabitants in 2005 [citation needed].

History
Related articles: Faubourg Saint-Marcel (district of Paris), Terre d'Alez, Nicolas Houël, Royal Garden of Medicinal Plants, Jardin des Plantes de Paris, and Faubourg Saint-Médard.

Notable sites

The Jardin des Plantes and the National Museum of Natural History
The Church of Saint-Médard
The Censier Campus
The Great Mosque of Paris

Notes and references

Population in 2016 Population Census - Sub-municipal database (IRIS) [archive].

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Administrative district of Paris 5th arrondissement of Paris District with more than 10,000 inhabitants in France