Châtelet

Châtelet station is a station of the Paris Métro and 's RER commuter rail service, located in the centre of medieval Paris, on the border between the and .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Notre Dame de Paris.

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. is situated 440 metres east of Châtelet.

Church
, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the , in the , France. is situated 1 km south of Châtelet.

The is the oldest standing bridge across the river Seine in , . It stands by the western point of the , the island in the middle of the river that between 250 and 225 BC was the birthplace of Paris. is situated 420 metres southwest of Châtelet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and 4th arrondissement.

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.

The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Suburb
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in the which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.

Châtelet

Latitude
48.86011° or 48° 51′ 36″ north
Longitude
2.34643° or 2° 20′ 47″ east
Operator
RATP
Open location code
8FW4V86W+2H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5527816418
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
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In Other Languages

“Châtelet” goes by many names.
  • Russian: Шатле

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Highlights include Rue Sainte-Opportune and Halles - Bourdonnais.

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