List of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
This is a list of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris with etymological information.
A
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- Rue Adolphe-Jullien - Adolphe Jullien (1803-1873) - director of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest railway
- Quai Aimé-Césaire - Aimé Césaire (1913-2008) - writer and representative of Martinique in the National Assembly[1]
- Rue d'Alger - in commemoration of the capture of Algiers by French forces on July 5, 1830[2]
- Rue de l'Amiral-de-Coligny - Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny (1519-1572)
- Allée André-Breton - André Breton (1896-1966) - writer
- Place André-Malraux - André Malraux (1901-1976) - writer and politician
- Passage Antoine-Carême - Marie-Antoine Carême (1784-1833) - chef
- Rue de l'Arbre-Sec
- Rue d'Argenteuil - Argenteuil, a commune in Val-d'Oise[3]
- Pont des Arts - named due to its proximity to the Louvre[4]
B
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- Rue Baillet - Jean Baillet, treasurer to Charles V of France[5]
- Rue Bailleul - Robet Bailleul, accounts clerk who lived on the street[5]
- 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[6]
- 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[7]
- Allée Blaise-Cendrars - Blaise Cendrars (1877-1961), writer
- Rue des Bons-Enfants - Collège des Bons-Enfants
- Rue Boucher - Pierre-Richard Boucher, politician[8]
- 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
C
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- Rue Cambon - Pierre-Joseph Cambon (1756-1820), politician
- Rue des Capucines - a former Capuchin convent[9]
- Place du Carrousel - named for the military carrousel (dressage) given for the birth of Louis, Grand Dauphin[10]
- Pont du Carrousel - named due to its proximity to the Place du Carrousel
- Rue de Castiglione - Battle of Castiglione[11]
- Rue Catinat - Nicolas Catinat (1637-1712), Marshal of France
- Pont au Change - named for the money changers once established there[12]
- Place du Châtelet - once the site of the Grand Châtelet
- Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (1739-1799), musician
- Rue Clémence-Royer - Clémence Royer (1830-1902), philosopher and economist
- Place Colette - Colette (1873-1954), writer
- Rue du Colonel-Driant - Émile Driant (1855-1916), military officer
- Rue Coq-Héron - so named in 1298[13]
- Rue Coquillière - named for a city gate[14]
- Rue de la Cossonnerie - named for an ancient poultry market
- Rue Courtalon - Guillaume Courtalon, a former resident[15]
- Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - named for a cross once situated here
- Rue du Cygne - swan[16]
D
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- Rue Danielle-Casanova - Danielle Casanova (1909-1943), member of the French Resistance
- Place Dauphine - Louis XIII of France (1601-1643), monarch[17]
- Rue des Déchargeurs - unloaders[18]
- Rue des Deux-Boules - two balls
- Place des Deux-Écus - two Écus
- Passage des Deux-Pavillons - named for the two pavilions at the corner of it and the Rue de Beaujolais
- Rue Duphot - Mathurin-Léonard Duphot (1769-1797)[19]
E
[edit]- Rue de l'Échelle - named for the Archbishop's ladder[20]
- Place de l'École - school[21]
- Rue Édouard-Colonne - Édouard Colonne (1838-1910), conductor
- Rue Étienne-Marcel - Étienne Marcel (1310-1358), provost of Paris
F
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- Allée Federico-Garcia-Lorca - Federico García Lorca (1899-1936), poet
- Cour des Fermes - former location of the Ferme générale
- Rue de la Ferronnerie - named for the ironworks which were located here[22]
- Rue Française - a corruption of the former name of Rue Françoise, named for Francis I of France (1494-1547)
- Quai François-Mitterrand - François Mitterrand (1915-1996), President of France
G
[edit]- Avenue du Général-Lemonnier - Ḗmile Lemonnier (1893-1945), general[23]
- 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
H
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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[24]
- Passage Hulot - Monsieur Hulot, a former resident[25]
I
[edit]- Rue des Innocents - site of the former Holy Innocents' Cemetery
J
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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[26]
- Allée Jules-Supervielle - Jules Supervielle (1884-1960), poet
L
[edit]- Rue de La Sourdière - Monsieur de la Faye, sieur de la Sourdière[27]
- Rue La Feuillade - François d'Aubusson de La Feuillade (1625-1691), Marshal of France[28]
- Rue La Vrillière - The Hotel de la Vrilliere was located nearby.
- Rue des Lavandières-Sainte-Opportune - the washerwomen
- Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor - Léopold Sédar Senghor (1906-2011), President of Senegal
- Place du Lieutenant-Henri-Karcher - Henri Karcher (1908-1983), member of the French Resistance
- Passage des Lingères - previously the site of the Porte des Lingères
- Rue de la Lingerie - seamstresses
- Rue des Lombards - Lombard moneychangers used to reside there.
- Allée Louis-Aragon - Louis Aragon (1897-1982), poet
- Place du Louvre - the Louvre[29]
- Port du Louvre - the Louvre
- Rue du Louvre - the Louvre
M
[edit]- 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
N
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O
[edit]P
[edit]- Boulevard du Palais
- Place du Palais-Royal
- Rue du Pélican
- Rue Perrault
- Rue de la Petite-Truanderie
- Rue des Petits-Champs
- Place Pierre-Emmanuel
- Rue Pierre-Lescot
- Rue du Plat-d'Étain
- Place du Pont-Neuf
- Rue du Pont-Neuf
- Passage Potier
- Rue des Prêcheurs
- Rue des Prêtres-Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
- Rue des Prouvaires
- Place des Pyramides
- Rue des Pyramides
R
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- Rue Radziwill
- Rue Rambuteau
- Passage de la Reine-de-Hongrie
- Place René-Cassin
- Rue de La Reynie
- Passage de Richelieu
- Rue de Richelieu
- Rue de Rivoli
- Rue de Rohan
- Rue Rouget-de-L'Isle
- Rue du Roule
- Pont Royal
S
[edit]- Rue Saint-Denis
- Rue Sainte-Anne
- Place Sainte-Opportune
- Rue Sainte-Opportune
- Impasse Saint-Eustache
- Rue Saint-Florentin
- Rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
- Rue Saint-Honoré
- Rue Saint-Hyacinthe
- Allée Saint-John-Perse
- Pont Saint-Michel
- Passage Saint-Roch
- Rue Saint-Roch
- Rue Sauval
- Boulevard de Sébastopol
T
[edit]V
[edit]- Place de Valois
- Rue de Valois
- Rue Vauvilliers
- Cour Vendôme
- Place Vendôme
- Rue de Ventadour
- Passage Vérité
- Galerie Véro-Dodat
- Rue de Viarmes
- Place des Victoires
- Avenue Victoria
- Rue Villedo
- Rue du Vingt-Neuf-Juillet
- Galerie Vivienne
- Rue Vivienne
- Rue Volney
References
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Bibliography
[edit]- Lazare, Félix; Lazare, Louis Clément (1844). Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments (in French). Paris: F. Lazare.
Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments.
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