Place Léon-Blum
Place Léon-Blum is a square in Paris, Île-de-France. Place Léon-Blum is situated nearby to the metro station Voltaire station, as well as near the suburb Faubourg Saint-Antoine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Voltaire station and Ruins of Bastille.
Voltaire station
Metro station
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Voltaire is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located under Place Léon Blum along with the town hall of the 11th arrondissement, which serves a lively district.
Ruins of Bastille
Castle
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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, 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. Ruins of Bastille is situated 1 km southwest of Place Léon-Blum.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
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The 20th arrondissement of Paris 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 Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 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. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 1 km east of Place Léon-Blum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
11th arrondissement
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The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Suburb
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The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France. It grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
Charonne quarter
Suburb
The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter, the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.
Place Léon-Blum
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Place Leon-Blum”
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.8578° or 48° 51′ 28″ northLongitude
2.38033° or 2° 22′ 49″ eastElevation
42 metres (138 feet)Open location code
8FW4V95J+44GeoNames ID
13100159
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In Other Languages
“Place Léon-Blum” goes by many names.
- French: “Place Voltaire” (historical)
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