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11-524: Théâtre Hébertot ( French pronunciation: [teɑtʁ ebɛʁto] ) is a theatre at 78, boulevard des Batignolles, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris , France. The theatre was completed in 1838 and opened as the Théâtre des Batignolles . It was later renamed Théâtre des Arts in 1907. Jacques Rouché was the director of the theatre from 1910 to 1913. It acquired its present name in 1940 after playwright and journalist Jacques Hébertot . Théâtre Hébertot has

22-402: A seating capacity of 630 for the main stage, and completed construction on a smaller stage, l'Petit Hébertot, in 2001. The Hebertot is one of the few Paris theaters that has shows both English and French. Danièle and Pierre Franck are its current directors. 17th arrondissement of Paris The 17th arrondissement of Paris ( XVII arrondissement ) is one of the 20 arrondissements of

33-563: Is the only town hall of Paris to be located in a modern building. The original building was torn down in 1971 to make room for the current edifice. The 17th arrondissement also hosts the Palais des Congrès of Paris , a large exhibition centre with an associated high-rise hotel, the Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile , the largest in the city. The peak population of Paris's 17th arrondissement was reached in 1954, when it had 231,987 inhabitants. Today,

44-557: The 8th , 9th and 18th arrondissements , is occupied by a great variety of shops, making it the third-largest avenue of Paris in terms of sales. The Swedish school Svenska Skolan Paris is located in the arrondissement. Svenska Skolan Paris Svenska Skolan Paris ( French : Ecole Suédoise de Paris ) is a Swedish international school in the 17th arrondissement of Paris , France . It serves maternelle ( preschool ), primaire ( primary ), collège ( junior high school ), and lycée ( senior high school ). The school

55-527: The arrondissement is very dense in offices, mostly for services. Several large companies have their headquarters there. The head office of Dailymotion is located in the Immeuble Horizons 17. When it existed, Gaz de France had its head office in the 17th arrondissement. Batignolles and Épinettes , two former industrial areas, are now mostly residential. The area around the Avenue de Clichy, shared with

66-612: The arrondissement remains dense in population and business activity, with 160,860 inhabitants and 92,267 jobs as of the 1999 census. An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. The southwestern part of

77-515: The capital city of France . In spoken French, it is referred to as le dix-septième ( pronounced [lə di sɛtjɛm] ; "the seventeenth"). The arrondissement, known as Batignolles-Monceau , is situated on the right bank of the River Seine . In 2019, it had a population of 166,543. It borders the inner suburbs of Neuilly-sur-Seine , Levallois-Perret and Clichy in Hauts-de-Seine to

88-521: The middle of the arrondissement, the Batignolles district, an area mostly occupied by young families or couples, with a marked gentrification process; in the northeastern part, the Épinettes district, a former industrial district gone residential, which is mainly middle class and also experiencing a less advanced gentrification process. The town hall of the 17th arrondissement is on the Rue des Batignolles. It

99-476: The northwest, as well as Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine in Seine-Saint-Denis to the northeast. The land area of the 17th arrondissement is 5.669 km (2.189 sq mi; 1,401 acres). Situated on the right bank (Rive Droite) of the River Seine , it is divided into four administrative districts: Ternes and Monceau in the southwestern part, two upper-class districts which are more Haussmannian in style; in

110-574: The school, mainly primary school students but since the year 2000 it also houses secondary school students. It is also possible to choose to study at the school for Swedish students who have their families in Sweden; the school will place these students with a host family. In the 1990s, the school went through an internationalization, putting more emphasis on English. 48°52′49″N 2°18′11″E  /  48.8804°N 2.3031°E  / 48.8804; 2.3031 This French school-related article

121-639: Was founded in 1879. It is the oldest of the Swedish schools established in other countries and was originally built close to Gare du Nord . A Swedish school had become necessary after hundreds of Swedish carpenters had moved to Paris in the latter half of the 19th century. It moved to rue Médéric, next to the Church of Sweden in Paris, in the early 1900s. Most of the students are children of Swedish citizens working for Swedish companies in France. Roughly 100 students study at

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