Place Robert-Desnos
Place Robert-Desnos is a square in Paris, Île-de-France. Place Robert-Desnos is situated nearby to the neighborhood Grange aux Belles, as well as near the park Square Amadou-Hampate Ba.Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: square in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Place Robert Desnos” and “place Robert-Desnos”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Square Amadou-Hampate Ba and Gare de Paris-Est.
Gare de Paris-Est
Railway station
The Gare de l'Est, officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, approximately 270 meters southeast from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Gare de Paris-Est is situated 650 metres west of Place Robert-Desnos.
Place du Colonel Fabien
Garden
The Place du Colonel Fabien is a square in Paris straddling the 10th and 19th arrondissements. Before the liberation of Paris, the square was called the Place du Combat, but it was renamed in honour of the French communist resistance hero Pierre Georges, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Fabien. Place du Colonel Fabien is situated 150 metres east of Place Robert-Desnos.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grange aux Belles and 10th arrondissement.
10th arrondissement
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The 10th arrondissement of Paris 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 10th arrondissement 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.
Belleville
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville.
Place Robert-Desnos
- Category: square
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.87792° or 48° 52′ 41″ northLongitude
2.3683° or 2° 22′ 6″ eastElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Named after
Robert DesnosOpen location code
8FW4V9H9+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 112705282OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianGeoNames ID
13192740Wikidata ID
Q3390061
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Place Robert-Desnos” goes by many names.
- French: “place Robert-Desnos, Paris”
- French: “place Robert-Desnos”
- French: “Place Robert-Desnos”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “place Robert-Desnos”
- Turkish: “place Robert-Desnos”
- Turkish: “Robert-Desnos Meydanı”
- “place Robert-Desnos”
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