List of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris explained
This is a list of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris with etymological information.
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B
- Rue Baillet - Jean Baillet, treasurer to Charles V of France
- Rue Bailleul - Robet Bailleul, accounts clerk who lived on the street
- Allée Baltard - Victor Baltard (1805-1874), architect
- Rue Basse - named due to its proximity to Place Basse
- Passage de Beaujolais - named due to its proximity to the Rue de Beaujolais
- Rue de Beaujolais - comte de Beaujolais, a title given to sons of the Duke of Orléans
- Rue Berger - Jean Jacque Berger (1791-1859), prefect of the Seine
- Rue Bertin-Poirée - Bertin Poirée, a resident of the street
- Allée Blaise-Cendrars - Blaise Cendrars (1877-1961), writer
- Rue des Bons-Enfants - Collège des Bons-Enfants
- Rue Boucher - Pierre-Richard Boucher, politician
- Rue du Bouloi - a hotel once situated there
- Impasse des Bourdonnais - named due to its proximity to the Rue des Bourdonnais
- Rue des Bourdonnais - Adam and Guillaume Bourdon, Mathematician
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- Avenue du Général-Lemonnier - Ḗmile Lemonnier (1893-1945), general[2]
- Voie Georges-Pompidou - Georges Pompidou (1911-1974), President of France
- Impasse Gomboust - named due to its proximity to the Rue Gomboust
- Rue Gomboust - Jacques Gomboust, engineer to the King
- Rue de la Grande-Truanderie - named for duties which were collected nearby
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- Rue des Halles - named for the central market at its terminus
- Rue de Harlay - Achille Harlay de Sancy (1581-1646), intellectual and diplomat
- Rue Henri-Robert - Henri-Robert (1863-1936), lawyer and historian
- Rue Herold - Ferdinand Hérold (1791-1833), composer
- Quai de l'Horloge - clock
- Passage Hulot - Monsieur Hulot, a former resident
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- Passage des Jacobins - formerly the site of the Jacobin convent
- Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778), philosopher
- Rue Jean-Lantier - corruption of the old name rue Jean-Lointier
- Rue Jean-Tison - Jean Tison, a 13th-century resident
- Place Joachim-du-Bellay - Joachim du Bellay (1522-1560), poet
- Rue du Jour - day
- Allée Jules-Supervielle - Jules Supervielle (1884-1960), poet
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M
- Boulevard de la Madeleine
- Place du Marché-Saint-Honoré
- Rue du Marché-Saint-Honoré
- Rue de Marengo
- Place Marguerite-de-Navarre
- Rue Mauconseil
- Place Maurice-Barrès
- Place Maurice-Quentin
- Quai de la Mégisserie
- Place Mireille
- Rue Molière
- Passage Mondétour
- Rue Mondétour
- Rue de Mondovi
- Rue de la Monnaie
- Rue Montesquieu
- Rue Montmartre
- Rue Montorgueil
- Rue de Montpensier
- Rue du Mont-Thabor
- Rue des Moulins
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- Pont Neuf - to distinguish it from bridges built previously[3]
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S
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- Rue Thérèse
- Impasse des Trois-Visages
- Port des Tuileries
- Quai des Tuileries
- Rue de Turbigo
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Bibliography
Notes and References
- News: Aime Cesaire: Founding father of Negritude. Thieme. John. 19 April 2008. The Independent. 18 July 2015. London.
- Web site: Poor General Lemonnier!. Djohn's Djibouti Djournal. 2009-06-02. 2015-08-04.
- Web site: Paris Bridges: Pont Alexandre III & Pont Neuf . Paris Attractions . 8 August 2015.