Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
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Arrondissement | 11th | ||
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Quarter | Bastille | ||
Coordinates | 48°51′36″N 2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°ECoordinates: 48°51′36″N 2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°E | ||
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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.
Boulevard Richard-Lenoir plaque
Boulevard Richard-Lenoir in 1981
A building at the Boulevard Richard Lenoir (numbers 53-55) in Paris in 1981. Unknown architect
Fictional[]
Georges Simenon's famous detective Jules Maigret is portrayed as living at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.[1]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Georges Simenon (1948) Maigret et son mort, Presses de la Cité.
Categories:
- Boulevards in Paris
- 11th arrondissement of Paris