Sentier

Sentier is a neighbourhood in the which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum of Arts et Métiers and Place du Caire.

Museum
The Musée des Arts et Métiers is an industrial design museum in that houses the collection of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers, which was founded in 1794 as a repository for the preservation of scientific instruments and inventions.

Arts center
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in , France.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 2nd arrondissement and Quartier des Halles.

The of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.

Quarter
Les Halles was 's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.

Photo: Pol, Public domain.
A quieter part of the ancient Marais neighbourhood which is centred in the , the 3rd is possibly one of the best places to live in . There are several good open air markets and lots of great local designer clothing stores.

Sentier

Latitude
48.86817° or 48° 52′ 5″ north
Longitude
2.34862° or 2° 20′ 55″ east
Open location code
8FW4V89X+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2140595430
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q3478657
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Sentier” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: 桑捷
  • Czech: Sentier
  • Dutch: Sentier
  • French: Quartier du Sentier
  • French: Sentier (Paris)
  • French: Sentier
  • German: Sentier
  • Japanese: シリコン・サンティエ
  • Polish: Sentier
  • Slovak: Sentier
  • Turkish: Sentier

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