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Montparnasse

Montparnasse is an area in the south of , , on the of the river , centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: neighbourhood of Paris
  • Also known as: “Quartier du Montparnasse”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Académie de la Grande Chaumière and Montparnasse Tower.

Historic site
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The is an art school in the Montparnasse district of Paris, . The impeding closure of the school in July 2025 received major criticsm from art heritage groups.

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Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of , France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre in the business district west of Paris's city limits.

Park
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The Jardin du Luxembourg, known in English as the Luxembourg Garden, colloquially referred to as the Jardin du Sénat, is located in the , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 6th arrondissement and Left Bank.

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As with itself, the is hard to write about without using superlatives. There's a bit of everything here, from the busy sidewalks of Paris' main art Gallery scene to the expansive green spaces and under-tree cafés of the Jardin…

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The in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the capital city of . The defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…

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Although largely residential, the is best known for its northeastern quartier Montparnasse, for the Paris Catacombs and the Parc Montsouris.

Montparnasse

Latitude
48.84348° or 48° 50′ 37″ north
Longitude
2.3283° or 2° 19′ 42″ east
Elevation
57 metres (187 feet)
Open location code
8FW4R8VH+98
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1863664715
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6545263
Wiki­data ID
Q211604
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Montparnasse” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Montparnasse”
  • Arabic: “مونبارناس”
  • Armenian: “Մոնպառնաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Monparnas”
  • Basque: “Montparnasse”
  • Belarusian: “Манпарнас”
  • Bengali: “মোঁপারনাস”
  • Bosnian: “Montparnasse”
  • Bosnian: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Bulgarian: “Монпарнас”
  • Catalan: “Montparnasse”
  • Chinese: “蒙帕納斯”
  • Chinese: “蒙帕纳斯”
  • Croatian: “Montparnasse”
  • Czech: “53. pařížská čtvrť”
  • Czech: “Čtvrť Montparnasse”
  • Czech: “Montparnasse”
  • Czech: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Danish: “Montparnasse”
  • Dutch: “Montparnasse”
  • Dutch: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Esperanto: “Montparnaso”
  • Esperanto: “Montparnasse”
  • Finnish: “Montparnasse”
  • French: “53e quartier de Paris”
  • French: “Montparnasse”
  • French: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • French: “Quartier Montparnasse”
  • Georgian: “მონპარნასი”
  • German: “Montparnasse”
  • German: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Greek: “Μονπαρνάς”
  • Hebrew: “מונפארנאס”
  • Hebrew: “מונפארנס”
  • Hebrew: “מונפרנאס”
  • Hebrew: “מונפרנס”
  • Hebrew: “רובע מונפרנאס”
  • Hungarian: “Montparnasse”
  • Indonesian: “Montparnasse”
  • Indonesian: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Irish: “Montparnasse”
  • Italian: “Montparnasse”
  • Japanese: “モンパルナス”
  • Korean: “카르티에 뒤 몽파르나스”
  • Latin: “Mons Parnassus”
  • Latin: “Parnassus Lutetiae”
  • Lithuanian: “Monparnasas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Montparnasse”
  • Macedonian: “Монпарнас”
  • Malay: “Montparnasse”
  • Mingrelian: “მონპარნასი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montparnasse”
  • Norwegian: “Montparnasse”
  • Persian: “مون‌پارناس”
  • Polish: “Montparnasse”
  • Portuguese: “Monte Parnaso”
  • Portuguese: “Montparnasse”
  • Romanian: “Montparnasse”
  • Russian: “Montparnasse”
  • Russian: “Монпарнас”
  • Serbian: “Monparnas”
  • Serbian: “Montparnasse”
  • Serbian: “Монпарнас”
  • Slovak: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Slovenian: “53. četrt Pariza”
  • Slovenian: “Četrt Montparnasse”
  • Slovenian: “Montparnasse”
  • Slovenian: “Quartier du Montparnasse”
  • Spanish: “Barrio de Montparnasse”
  • Spanish: “Montparnasse”
  • Swedish: “Montparnasse”
  • Turkish: “Montparnasse”
  • Ukrainian: “Квартал Монпарнас”
  • Ukrainian: “Монпарнас”
  • Vietnamese: “Montparnasse”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Montparnasse”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Les Montparnos and Yoga Raspail.

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