Boulevard Richard-Lenoir

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Boulevard Richard-Lenoir

Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
Shown within Paris
Arrondissement	11th
Quarter	Bastille
Coordinates	48°51′36″N 2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°E / 48.8599; 2.3719Coordinates: 48°51′36″N 2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°E / 48.8599; 2.3719
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Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, running from the Bastille to the , is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards driven through Paris by Baron Haussmann during the Second French Empire of Napoleon III.

The Boulevard is named after François Richard and , industrialists who brought the cotton industry to Paris in the 18th and 19th century. It is the site of a weekly art market and of a bi-weekly fruit and vegetable market that is one of the largest in Paris.

Fictional[]

Georges Simenon's famous detective Jules Maigret is portrayed as living at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.^[1]

See also[]

• Richard-Lenoir (Paris Métro)

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