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One in five Parisians ‘has had over 30 sexual partners’

A survey looking at the sex lives thousands of Parisians has revealed exactly how many lovers (if we take their word for it) Parisians have had and in which arrondissement of the city locals have the most action (useful info for flathunters).

Published: 10 March 2016 11:30 CET
One in five Parisians 'has had over 30 sexual partners'
Where in Paris do they have the most sex? Photo: Roberto Alvarez.

The survey, carried out by the site Lebonbon, saw nearly 9,000 Parisians grilled about their sex lives.

And it helped confirm a few stereotypes about their appetite for romance and pleasures of the flesh.

Of those questioned, 20 percent, or one in five, admitted to having had more than 30 lovers in their lives, with over one in two Parisians somehow managing to have had more than 60 lovers.

Incredibly (or at least it seems that way to us) a quarter of all Parisians aged over 35 have bedded over 60 lovers.

Where do they find the time? Is it the long lunches?

Plus a quarter of those aged between 25 and 35 have had more than 30 lovers.

It must be all those holidays they get.

Sacre bleu!, we hear you say (except no one really says that in France). Although perhaps a more sobering stat is that around a third of those living in the City of Love have had 10 or fewer sexual partners.

There is a slight discrepancy between men and women, which Lebonbon suggests might be due to a tendency of men to brag and women to play down the reality.

While half of all men put on the spot revealed they had had at least 20 lovers (16 percent owned up to having over 60) only one third of women said they had slept with over 20 lovers (only three percent said they had over 60).

One interesting revelation made the survey, and one which may provide useful information for flathunters, concerned the areas of Paris where the locals have the most crac crac boum boum.

The arrondissements “les plus hots” were the 1st, 3rd and 4th arrondissements in the centre of the city as well as the trendy 10th where the city’s hipsters clearly enjoy “doing the dance of the wolf”. We can expect rent prices to shoot up in these areas now.

And the prudest locals were to be found in the plush 16th arrondissement as well as the 15th and 14th, which are known for being more family-dominated.

There wasn’t much action in the 7th, 5th or 2nd arrondissements either, according to the survey.

So if you’re living the life of someone in the 16th arrondissement and would love to be more like an over-35-year-old from the 10th arrondissement, maybe you should click on the link below.

ALL you need to know about sex with the French

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Fluffy nuisance: Outcry as Paris sends Invalides rabbits into exile

Efforts to relocate wild rabbits that are a common sight on the lawns of the historic Invalides memorial complex have provoked criticism from animal rights groups.

Published: 14 February 2024 13:01 CET
Fluffy nuisance: Outcry as Paris sends Invalides rabbits into exile

Tourists and Parisians have long been accustomed to the sight of wild rabbits frolicking around the lawns of Les Invalides, one of the French capital’s great landmarks.

But efforts are underway to relocate the fluffy animals, accused of damaging the gardens and drains around the giant edifice that houses Napoleon’s tomb, authorities said.

Police said that several dozen bunnies had been captured since late January and relocated to the private estate of Breau in the Seine-et-Marne region outside Paris, a move that has prompted an outcry from animal rights activists.

“Two operations have taken place since 25 January,” the police prefecture told AFP.

“Twenty-four healthy rabbits were captured on each occasion and released after vaccination” in Seine-et-Marne, the prefecture said.

Six more operations are scheduled to take place in the coming weeks.

Around 300 wild rabbits live around Les Invalides, according to estimates.

“The overpopulation on the site is leading to deteriorating living conditions and health risks,” the prefecture said.

Authorities estimate the cost of restoring the site, which has been damaged by the proliferation of underground galleries and the deterioration of gardens, pipes and flora, at €366,000.

Animal rights groups denounced the operation.

The Paris Animaux Zoopolis group said the rabbits were being subjected to “intense stress” or could be killed “under the guise of relocation”.

“A number of rabbits will die during capture and potentially during transport,” said the group, accusing authorities of being “opaque” about their methods.

The animal rights group also noted that Breau was home to the headquarters of the Seine-et-Marne hunting federation.

The police prefecture insisted that the animals would not be hunted.

In 2021, authorities classified the rabbits living in Paris as a nuisance but the order was reversed following an outcry from animal groups who have been pushing for a peaceful cohabitation with the animals.

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