Ménilmontant

Ménilmontant is a of , situated in the city's . It is roughly defined as the area north of the , south of , and between Avenue Jean-Aicard on the west and Rue Pelleport on the east.
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  • Type: Suburb with 185,000 residents
  • Description: neighbourhood in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “20e Arrondissement”, “20ème Arr”, “Arrondissement de Ménilmontant”, “Menilmontant”, “Paris 20 Menilmontant”, “Paris 20 Ménilmontant”, “Paris 20e”, “Paris 20e Arrondissement”, and “XXe”
  • Postal code: 75020

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Castle
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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.

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The 20th arrondissement of lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the , though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas.

Arts center
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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in , France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and 3rd arrondissement.

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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

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A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the , the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in . There are several good open air markets and lots of great local designer clothing stores.

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The of centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks. Part sleepy faubourg — as suburbs were called in 18th century Paris — and part industrial centre, the has lately enjoyed the benefits of both the booming nightlife scene in the neighbouring 11th, as well as the Parisian cycling and roller-blading boom.

Ménilmontant

Latitude
48.8686° or 48° 52′ 7″ north
Longitude
2.3898° or 2° 23′ 23″ east
Population
185,000
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V99Q+CW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2147641769
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2994540
Wiki­data ID
Q2701404
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Spanish—“Ménilmontant” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Ménilmontant”
  • Belarusian: “Менільмантан”
  • Breton: “Ménilmontant”
  • Chinese: “梅尼尔蒙唐”
  • Chinese: “梅尼爾蒙唐”
  • Czech: “Ménilmontant”
  • Dutch: “Ménilmontant”
  • French: “Ménilmontant”
  • French: “Ménilmuche”
  • French: “Quartier de Ménilmontant”
  • German: “Ménilmontant”
  • Greek: “Μενιλμοντάν”
  • Hungarian: “Ménilmontant”
  • Indonesian: “Menilmontant”
  • Indonesian: “Ménilmontant”
  • Italian: “Ménilmontant”
  • Japanese: “メニルモンタン”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ménilmontant”
  • Portuguese: “Ménilmontant”
  • Romanian: “Ménilmontant”
  • Russian: “Менильмонтан”
  • Scots: “Ménilmontant”
  • Slovak: “Ménilmontant”
  • Spanish: “Menilmontant”
  • Spanish: “Ménilmontant”

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