16th arrondissement (Passy)

The 16th arrondissement, officially Passy, occupies the west of Paris on the Right Bank, from the Trocadéro and the Étoile to the ring road. Including the Bois de Boulogne, which belongs to it, it covers about 16.4 km², the largest area of any arrondissement. It had 159,386 residents in the 2023 legal population (Insee). Its quartiers are Auteuil, Muette, Porte-Dauphine and Chaillot.

The 16th has the highest share of owner-occupiers in Paris (44% of main residences in the 2023 census) and an older population, with 22% aged 65 or over. Children under 15 made up 13.9%, above the Paris average.

Local services such as civil status, identity documents, crèche requests and school enrolment are handled by the district town hall, the Mairie du 16e.

• Chaillot and Trocadéro: the Palais de Chaillot and the Trocadéro gardens facing the Eiffel Tower, museums, embassies and the avenues around the Étoile.
• Passy and Muette: formerly a village, now a residential and shopping district around rue de Passy, with the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique on the Seine.
• Auteuil: quieter streets, villas and early 20th-century buildings in the south, with the Roland-Garros tennis stadium, the Parc des Princes and Jean-Bouin stadiums, and the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil.
• Porte-Dauphine and the Bois de Boulogne: avenue Foch and the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, a large wooded park with lakes, gardens such as the Pré-Catelan and Bagatelle, and two racecourses.

Many embassies and international organisations are located in the 16th.

• Métro: line 9 runs through the length of the arrondissement (Trocadéro, Rue de la Pompe, La Muette, Ranelagh, Jasmin, Michel-Ange–Auteuil, Michel-Ange–Molitor, Exelmans, Porte de Saint-Cloud). Line 10 serves the south-west (Mirabeau, Église d'Auteuil, Michel-Ange, Chardon-Lagache, Porte d'Auteuil). Line 6 runs from Charles de Gaulle–Étoile via Kléber, Boissière, Trocadéro and Passy to the Seine. Line 2 stops at Victor Hugo and Porte Dauphine, and line 1 at Argentine and Porte Maillot on the border with the 17th.
• RER: RER C runs along the western edge (Avenue Foch, Avenue Henri-Martin, Boulainvilliers, Avenue du Président Kennedy). RER A at Charles de Gaulle–Étoile and RER E at Porte Maillot are on the edges.
• Tram: the T3b reaches Porte Dauphine in the north.

Homes are larger than the Paris average: 37% of main residences had four or more rooms (Paris: 22%). The building stock reflects the 16th's development from the late 19th to the mid-20th century: 30% of main residences were in buildings completed before 1919, 26% from 1919 to 1945 and 38% from 1946 to 1990 (2023 census).

Of the 102,700 dwellings counted, 12% were second homes or occasional-use flats and 9% vacant. Among main residences, 44% were owner-occupied and 49% rented, with 8% social housing (Paris: 18%). Car ownership is the highest in Paris: 49% of households had at least one car (Paris: 31%).

Rent control applies. Check the reference rent with the City of Paris tool and OLAP's market-rent estimates by quartier for early 2026.

Families have access to the largest green areas in Paris: the Bois de Boulogne, the Jardins du Trocadéro, the Jardin du Ranelagh, the Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil and the lawns along avenue Foch, plus a section of the Petite Ceinture walkway.

Crèche requests and school enrolment go through the Mairie du 16e. Public schools are allocated by home address.