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Boulevard Richard-Lenoir

Boulevard Richard-Lenoir
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Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.
Arrondissement 11th
Quarter Bastille
From Bastille
To Avenue de la République

Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, running from the Bastille to the Avenue de la République, 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 Joseph Lenoir-Dufresne, 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.

Jules Maigret is portrayed as living at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.

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

Coordinates: 48°51′36″N 2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°E / 48.8599; 2.3719


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