The 7th arrondissement is one of the twenty districts of Paris, France, located on the left bank of the Seine. During the 17th century, the French nobility relocated to the left bank from Le Marais to build their aristocratic mansions, and the Faubourg Saint-Germain and the surrounding area became highly fashionable. After the French Revolution, many of the mansions were confiscated and turned into national institutions. During the Bourbon Restoration, the high nobility returned to the 7th, which became the center of the Ultra-Royalist political faction. After the fall of King Charles X of France in the July Revolution of 1830, the area lost most of its political influence, but it remained te center of France's upper-class social life. The arrondissement hosted the 1855, 1867, 1878, 1889, and 1900 Universal Exhibitions, and the Eiffel Tower was built for the 1889 exhibition and the Gare d'Orsay for the 1900 one. The 7th is now home to the Eiffel Tower, the Palais Bourbon, the Champ de Mars, the Musee d'Orsay, the Ecole Militaire, and Les Invalides. By 2009, the 7th had a population of 57,442 people, and it remained a conservative stronghold.
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