Left Bank Explained

Left Bank generally refers to the bank of a river or other body of water that is on the left side when facing downstream. It may specifically refer to:

Places

• Left Bank of the Rhine, the western bank of the Rhine, formerly part of the Holy Roman Empire
• Left Bank (Biscay), the left bank of the Nervión in Biscay, Spain
• The left bank of the Ishim in Astana, Kazakhstan
• Left-bank Ukraine, a historical region in Ukraine and part of Kyiv
• Bordeaux wine regions#Left Bank, a wine region in France
• Left Bank, a laneway adjoining Cuba Street, Wellington
• Rive Gauche, the southern bank of the Seine in Paris, France

Other uses

• Left Bank (horse), an American Thoroughbred racehorse
• Left Bank (film), a 2008 Belgian film
• Rive Gauche Nightclub, a Parisian-themed nightclub in the River West District of Chicago, US
• Left Bank, an offshoot of the French New Wave
• "Left Bank", a song from the 2007 album Pocket Symphony by Air
• St Margaret of Antioch Church, Leeds, now an arts centre known as Left Bank Leeds

See also

• • • Bank (geography)
• Right Bank (disambiguation)
• The Left Banke, a 1960s American pop group
• Administrative-Territorial Units of the Left Bank of the Dniester