The 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements, or boroughs, of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as the douzième (the "twelfth"). The arrondissement is situated on the right bank of the River Seine.

It is in the 12th arrondissement that some of the oldest traces of human occupation of the territory now occupied by Paris were found. During the construction of Bercy Village in the 1980s, vestiges of a Neolithic village were discovered (dating from between 4500 and 3800 BC). Subsequent excavations turned up wooden canoes (les pirogues de Bercy), bows and arrows, pottery and bone and stone tools. Some of these objects are now exhibited in the Carnavalet Museum.

During the Roman era, the area that is now the 12th arrondissement was a largely uninhabited wetlands fed by streams originating in the surrounding hills. The area was crossed by a Roman road that linked Paris to Chelles and Meaux to the east and to Melun to the southeast.

Places of interest include:

• Place de la Bastille (shared by the 4th, 11th and 12th arrondissements)
• Opéra Bastille
• Faubourg Saint-Antoine
• Bois de Vincennes
• Château de Vincennes
• Jardin du Bassin de l'Arsenal
• Cimetière de Picpus
• Musée des Arts Forains
• Palais de la Porte Dorée (Cité nationale de l'histoire de l'immigration)
• Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
• Parc de Bercy
• Paris Zoological Park (also known as Zoo de Vincennes)
• Promenade plantée
• Viaduc des arts.

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