The 20th arrondissement of Paris (known in French as the XX<sup>e</sup> arrondissement de Paris or simply as "le vingtième") is the last of the consecutively numbered arrondissements of the capital city of France. Also known as Ménilmontant () after the Ménilmontant neighbourhood it encompasses in its northwest, it is on the right bank of the River Seine and contains some of the city's most cosmopolitan districts. It covers four quarters: Belleville, Saint-Fargeau, Père-Lachaise and Charonne. In 2019, it had a population of 194,994.
The 20th arrondissement is internationally best known for its Père Lachaise Cemetery, the world's most-visited cemetery where one can find the tombs of a number of famous people, such as ÃÂdith Piaf, Jim Morrison and Eugène Delacroix.
The land area of this arrondissement is .
The arrondissement consists of four quarters:
The population of Paris's 20th arrondissement peaked in 1936, when it had 208,115 inhabitants. Today it remains very dense in population and business activity with 197,067 inhabitants in 2009 and 54,786 jobs as of the last census in 1999.
& Notre-Dame-des-Otages, Paris. 1930s church with colourful stained glass
The Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) has its head office in the arrondissement.
The humour publication Charlie Hebdo had its head office in the arrondissement.
Senior high schools include:
Other institutions: