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Rue Pierre Charron, Paris

Rue Pierre Charron, Paris
Length 320 m (1,050 ft)
Width 20 m (66 ft)
Arrondissement 8th
Quarter Champs-Elysées
From 30 avenue George V
To 55 Champs-Elysées
Construction
Completion 1804
Denomination October 25, 1879

Rue Pierre Charron is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

This street was once part of a unique rue de Morny that extended until the Place d'Iéna. Already with its present name, its section between the avenue George V and the abovementioned place was renamed avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie in 1918.

Pierre Charron (1541–1603) was a French philosopher, author of Traité de la Sagesse (Treatise on Wisdom), and a friend of fellow philosopher Montaigne after whom the nearby avenue Montaigne is named.

The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the avenue des Champs-Elysées about midway between métro line 1 stations George V and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also nearby are metro line 9's Saint-Philippe du Roule (to the north) and Alma-Marceau (to the south).

Mentioned in French singer/songwriter Renaud's "Les Charognards."

Coordinates: 48°52′10″N 2°18′12″E / 48.86944°N 2.30333°E / 48.86944; 2.30333


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