Bois de Vincennes
The Bois de Vincennes, located on the eastern edge of Paris, France, is the largest public park in the city. It was created between 1855 and 1866 by Emperor Napoleon III.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Château de Vincennes and Paris Zoological Park.
Château de Vincennes
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The Château de Vincennes is a former fortress and royal residence next to the town of Vincennes, on the eastern edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes.
Paris Zoological Park
Zoo
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The Paris Zoological Park, formerly known as the Bois de Vincennes Zoological Park, and commonly called the Vincennes Zoo, is a facility of the National Museum of Natural History, located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, which covers an area of 14.5 hectares in the bois de Vincennes.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint-Maurice and Saint-Mandé.
Saint-Maurice
Town
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Saint-Maurice is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 6.8 km from the center of Paris. The lunatic asylum Charenton was located in Saint-Maurice; it is now a psychiatric hospital.
Saint-Mandé
Town
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Saint-Mandé is a commune in the Val-de-Marne department in Île-de-France, this commune is a high-end town in eastern inner suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 5.3 km from the centre of Paris.
Charenton-le-Pont
Town
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Charenton-le-Pont is a commune situated to the southeast of Paris, France. It is located 6.2 km from the centre of Paris, to the north of the confluence of the Seine and Marne rivers; the Pont part of the name refers to the stone bridge across the Marne.
Bois de Vincennes
- Type: Park
- Description: public park in Paris, France
- Categories: urban park, forest, and recreation area
- Location: Val-de-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.83151° or 48° 49′ 53″ northLongitude
2.43472° or 2° 26′ 5″ eastElevation
54 metres (177 feet)Named after
VincennesOpen location code
8FW4RCJM+JVOpenStreetMap ID
way 142107768OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkGeoNames ID
3032049Wikidata ID
Q271639
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Bois de Vincennes” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غابة فانسن”
- Armenian: “Վենսենի անտառ”
- Armenian: “Վենսենյան անտառ”
- Azerbaijani: “Vensen meşəsi”
- Basque: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Belarusian: “Венсенскі лес”
- Belarusian: “Венсенскі_лес”
- Belarusian: “Вэнсэнскі лес”
- Breton: “bois de Vincennes”
- Bulgarian: “Венсенски лес”
- Catalan: “bois de Vincennes”
- Catalan: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Catalan: “Bosc de Vincennes”
- Cebuano: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Chinese: “万塞讷森林”
- Chinese: “文森森林”
- Chinese: “萬塞訥森林”
- Czech: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Czech: “Vincenneský lesík”
- Dutch: “bois de Vincennes”
- Dutch: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Egyptian Arabic: “غابة فانسن”
- Esperanto: “Bosko de Vincennes”
- Finnish: “Bois de Vincennes”
- French: “bois de Vincennes”
- French: “Bois de Vincennes”
- German: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Greek: “Δάσος της Βενσέν”
- Hebrew: “יער וינסן”
- Hebrew: “יער ונסן”
- Hungarian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Indonesian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Italian: “bois de Vincennes”
- Italian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Japanese: “ヴァンセンヌの森”
- Korean: “뱅센 숲”
- Latvian: “Vensāna mežs”
- Latvian: “Vensēnas mežs”
- Lithuanian: “Venseno miškas”
- Luxembourgish: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Macedonian: “Вeнсaнска шума”
- Macedonian: “Венсенска Шума”
- Malay: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Norwegian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Bois de Vincennes”
- Persian: “پارک ونسن”
- Polish: “Lasek Vincennes”
- Portuguese: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Portuguese: “Bosque de Vincennes”
- Romanian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Russian: “Венсенский лес”
- Scots: “bois de Vincennes”
- Serbian: “Vensenska šuma”
- Serbian: “Венсанска шума”
- Serbian: “Венсенска шума”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Venseneska šuma”
- Slovak: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Slovak: “Vincenneský les”
- Slovenian: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Spanish: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Spanish: “Bosque de Vincennes”
- Swedish: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Turkish: “Vincennes Ormanı”
- Ukrainian: “Венсенський ліс”
- Urdu: “بوا دے وانسین”
- Vietnamese: “Bois de Vincennes”
- Vietnamese: “Rừng Vincennes”
- Welsh: “bois de Vincennes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vincennes and Le bourg du Pont.
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