Left Bank
The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…
- Neighborhood
- …is also known as “Rive Gauche”
- Description: part of Paris on the south bank of the Seine
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orsay Museum and Notre Dame de Paris.
Orsay Museum
Museum
The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 7th arrondissement.
7th arrondissement
The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris.
Left Bank
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Latitude
48.8501° or 48° 51′ 0″ north
Longitude
2.3353° or 2° 20′ 7″ east
Open location code
8FW4V82P+24
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Left Bank” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الضفة اليسرى”
- Azerbaijani: “Sol sahil (Paris)”
- Azerbaijani: “Sol sahil”
- Basque: “Ezkerraldea”
- Basque: “Rive gauche”
- Belarusian: “Левы бераг”
- Bosnian: “Lijeva obala”
- Bosnian: “Rive gauche”
- Catalan: “Riba Esquerra”
- Catalan: “Rive Gauche”
- Chinese: “左岸”
- Chinese: “巴黎塞納河左岸”
- Chinese: “巴黎左岸”
- Czech: “Levý břeh”
- Czech: “Rive gauche”
- Danish: “Venstre Seinebred”
- Dutch: “Rive Gauche”
- Esperanto: “Maldekstra Bordo”
- French: “Quartier de l’Université”
- French: “rive gauche de Paris”
- French: “Rive gauche”
- German: “Rive Gauche”
- Greek: “Αριστερή όχθη”
- Greek: “Αριστερή Όχθη”
- Greek: “Ριβ γκος”
- Hebrew: “הגדה השמאלית”
- Hebrew: “ריב גוש”
- Hindi: “उत्तरी किनारा”
- Hindi: “रिव गुश”
- Indonesian: “Rive Gauche”
- Italian: “Rive gauche”
- Japanese: “パリのセーヌ河岸”
- Japanese: “リヴ・ゴーシュ”
- Japanese: “レフト・バンク”
- Japanese: “左岸”
- Korean: “좌안”
- Korean: “파리 강남”
- Korean: “파리 좌안”
- Luxembourgish: “Rive Gauche”
- Malay: “Rive Gauche”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rive gauche”
- Norwegian: “Rive gauche”
- Polish: “lewy brzeg Paryża”
- Polish: “lewy brzeg”
- Polish: “rive gauche”
- Polish: “Rive gauche”
- Portuguese: “Rive Gauche”
- Russian: “Левый берег Парижа”
- Russian: “Левый берег”
- Slovak: “Rive gauche”
- Slovenian: “Levi breg”
- Slovenian: “Rive Gauche”
- Spanish: “Margen izquierda”
- Spanish: “Ribera izquierda del Sena”
- Spanish: “Rive Gauche”
- Turkish: “Rive Gauche”
- Ukrainian: “Лівий берег Парижу”
- Ukrainian: “Лівий берег”
- Urdu: “بائیاں کنارہ”
- Vietnamese: “Rive Gauche”
- Vietnamese: “Tả ngạn Paris”
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