Quartier du Val-de-Grâce
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Val-de-Grâce | |
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Quartier du Val-de-Grâce | |
Country | France |
Region | Île-de-France |
Ville | Paris |
Arrondissement | 5th |
Area | |
• Total | 0.704 km2 (0.272 sq mi) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 19,667 |
• Density | 27,936/km2 (72,350/sq mi) |
The quartier du Val-de-Grâce is the 19th administrative district or 'quartier' of Paris, located in the 5th arrondissement of the city. Its borders are to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, rue Soufflot, and rue de l'Estrapade to the north and rue Mouffetard and to the east.
It is named for the Val-de-Grâce military hospital and former abbey on boulevard de Port-Royal.
Transport[]
- RER B stations:
Notable sites and attractions[]
- Val-de-Grâce hospital and its church.
- Numerous prestigious institutions of higher education and research:
- École normale supérieure on .
- Institut national agronomique on .
- Institut Curie on and Rue Lhomond.
- École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris on .
- École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris on .
- École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs on .
- Institut national des jeunes sourds on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Institut océanographique de Paris on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- The Schola Cantorum on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Places of worship:
References[]
Categories:
- Administrative districts of Paris
- 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Île-de-France geography stubs