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La Rive Droite (The Right Bank) is most associated with the river Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in central Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite (Right Bank), to the north and the Rive Gauche
Rive Gauche

La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
 (Left Bank), to the south.

Owing to its association with places such as Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme

Place Vend?me is a square in the Ier arrondissement of Paris and is located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the ?glise de la Madeleine....
, the Right Bank can now be used to refer to a level of elegance and sophistication not found in the more bohemian
Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
 Left Bank.






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La Rive Droite (The Right Bank) is most associated with the river Seine
Seine

The Seine is a slow flowing major river and commercial waterway within Regions of France of ?le-de-France and Haute-Normandie in France and famous as a romantic backdrop in photographs of Paris, France....
 in central Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. Here the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite (Right Bank), to the north and the Rive Gauche
Rive Gauche

La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
 (Left Bank), to the south.

Owing to its association with places such as Place Vendôme
Place Vendôme

Place Vend?me is a square in the Ier arrondissement of Paris and is located to the north of the Tuileries Gardens and east of the ?glise de la Madeleine....
, the Right Bank can now be used to refer to a level of elegance and sophistication not found in the more bohemian
Bohemian

Bohemians are the people of Bohemia, in the Czech Republic, inhabitants of the former Kingdom of Bohemia, located in the modern day Czech Republic....
 Left Bank. The Right Bank's most famous street is undeniably the Champs-Élysées
Champs-Élysées

The Avenue des Champs-?lys?es is the most prestigious Avenue in Paris. With its movie theaters, caf?s, and luxury specialty shops, the Avenue des Champs-?lys?es is one of the most famous streets in the world, and with rents as high as $1.50 million 1000 square feet of space, it remains the most expensive strip of real estate in Europe....
, but there are others of prominence, such as Rue de la Paix, Rue de Rivoli and Avenue Montaigne
Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne, a street in the 8th arrondisement of Paris, France...
.

If the Left Bank used to be more carefree in the past, soaring rents in recent decades have been driving away students, artists and marginal populations, while bookstores and popular bistros were being replaced by luxury boutiques and sushi
Sushi

In Japanese cuisine, is vinegared rice, usually topped with other ingredients, including fish dishes. In Japan, sliced raw fish alone is called sashimi and is distinct from sushi, as sashimi is the raw fish component, not the rice component....
 restaurants. The Right bank is more contrasted. Very affluent neighborhoods in the west of the Right Bank (8th, 16th and the south of the 17th arrondissement) are balanced by the utterly popular and immigrant 18th, 19th and 20th arrondissements in the north-east.

Therefore, if we had to draw a boundary between the Right and Left Bank, instead of luxury vs. bohemia, it would be more between a hectic, functional, commercial and densely populated Right Bank, where lies the heart of the "modern" city, between Gare du Nord and Chatelet and a quieter, greener and more peripheral Left Bank. Whereas most of the top companies and banks are located on the Right Bank, as well as most of the clubs and discos, one finds more public institutions on the Left Bank, universities, ministries, hospitals and the like.

See also

  • Rive Gauche
    Rive Gauche

    La Rive Gauche is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here, the river flows roughly westwards, cutting the city into two: the Rive Droite , to the north and the Rive Gauche , to the south....
  • Arrondissements of Paris
    Arrondissements of Paris

    The City of Paris is divided into twenty Municipal arrondissements of France, more simply referred to as arrondissements . These are not to be confused with departmental arrondissements of France, which subdivide the one hundred French departments of France....