15th arrondissement

15th arrondissement of Paris Vaugirard
French municipal arrondissement
Front de Seine Skyline
Paris and its closest suburbs
Country	France
Region	Île-de-France
Department	Paris
Commune	Paris
Government
• Mayor	Philippe Goujon
Area
• Total	8.50 km2 (3.28 sq mi)
Population (8 March 1999 census)
• Total	225,362
• Estimate (2005)	232,400
• Density	27,000/km2 (69,000/sq mi)
^[p] Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel).

The 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France, also called "Arrondissement de Vaugirard".

Situated on the Rive Gauche (left bank) of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement. The Tour Montparnasse – the tallest skyscraper in Paris – and the neighbouring Gare Montparnasse are both located in the 15th arrondissement, at its border with the 14th. It is also home to the convention center Paris expo Porte de Versailles and the high-rise district of the Front de Seine (or Beaugrenelle).

The loi du 16 juin 1859 decreed the annexation to Paris of the area between the old Wall of the Farmers-General and the wall of Thiers. The communes of Grenelle, Vaugirard, and Javel were incorporated into Paris in 1860.

As in all the Parisian arrondissements, the fifteenth is made up of four administrative quarters (quartiers).