The 13th arrondissement of Paris (XIIIe arrondissement) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France. In spoken French, this arrondissement is referred to as treiziÈme.

The arrondissement, called Gobelins, is situated on the left bank of the River Seine. It is home to Paris's principal Asian community, the Quartier Asiatique, located in the southeast of the arrondissement in an area that contains many high-rise apartment buildings. The neighborhood features a high concentration of Chinese and Vietnamese businesses. The current mayor is Jérôme Coumet (Socialist), who was re-elected by the arrondissement council on 29 March 2008 after the list which he headed gained 70% of the votes cast in the second round of the 2008 French municipal elections, and was again re-elected on 13 April 2014 and in 2020.

The 13th arrondissement is also home to the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand and the newly built business district of Paris Rive Gauche.

Places of interest include:

• Paris's main Asian district, the Quartier Asiatique, also locally called la Triangle de Choisy or la petite Asie ("Little Asia"), is located in the southeast of the arrondissement.
• Tang Frères and Paristore Asian supermarkets and grocery stores.
• Bibliothèque nationale de France
• Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital
• Butte-aux-Cailles
• Gare d'Austerlitz
• Gobelins manufactory
• Art Ludiqu e- Le Musée, first French Museum dedicated to the Art of Entertainment
• University of Chicago Center in Paris
• 6 Villa des Gobelins - residence of Ho Chí Minh from July 1919 to July 1921
• Stade Sébastien Charléty, home of football clubs Paris FC and Paris Saint-Germain Féminines
• Cité de la Mode et du Design, a creative schedule of events built around innovation, culture, and style.
• Street Art 13 frescoes.
• Teddy bears of the Gobelins, photographed around the neighborhood

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