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| | XXe arrondissement - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography |
 | | arrondissement is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. |
 | | It is bordered on the north by the XIXe arrondissement, to the east by the communes of Lilas, Bagnolet, Montreuil, and Saint-Mandé, to the south by the XIIe arrondissement, and to the west by the XIe arrondissement. |
 | | The XXe arrondissement was created in 1860, under the Second Empire, when the villages of Belleville, Ménilmontant, and Charonne were annexed by Paris. |
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