Volontaires - Vaugirard
Volontaires - Vaugirard is a bike rental in Paris, Île-de-France. Volontaires - Vaugirard is situated nearby to the metro station Volontaires station, as well as near the post office Bureau de Poste de Paris Volontaires/Francois Bonvin.Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Volontaires station and Montparnasse Tower.
Volontaires station
Metro station
Photo: Greenski, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Volontaires is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro located in the 15th arrondissement. The station is named after the nearby Rue des Volontaires. In 1822, locals transformed an existing dead end into an alley that led to the Rue de Vaugirard, hence its initial name of Ruelle Volontaire, with the "s" added later to pay homage to the soldiers of the French Revolution, the National Volunteers.
Montparnasse Tower
Photo: Thbz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tour Maine-Montparnasse, also commonly named Tour Montparnasse, is a 210-metre office skyscraper in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre Tour First in the La Défense business district west of Paris's city limits. Montparnasse Tower is situated 1 km east of Volontaires - Vaugirard.
Gare Montparnasse
Railway station
Photo: Gunnar Klack, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gare Montparnasse, officially Paris Montparnasse and formerly Gare de l'Ouest, is one of the seven large Paris railway termini, and is located in the 14th and 15th arrondissements. Gare Montparnasse is situated 1 km east of Volontaires - Vaugirard.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 15th arrondissement and Grenelle.
15th arrondissement
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 15th arrondissement of Paris is in the city's southwest on the Left Bank of the Seine. Quite up-market and quiet, it is the largest arrondissement by both area and population.
Grenelle
Quarter
Grenelle is a neighbourhood in southwestern Paris, France. It is a part of the 15th arrondissement of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de Grenelle which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de Grenelle, a few kilometers North-East in the 7th arrondissement.
Montparnasse
Suburb
Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Montparnasse is an area in the south of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centred at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail.
Volontaires - Vaugirard
- Type: Bike rental
- Description: bicycle-sharing station of Vélib’ Métropole network
- Categories: bicycle-sharing station and transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.84132° or 48° 50′ 29″ northLongitude
2.30809° or 2° 18′ 29″ eastBrand
Vélib‘ MétropoleOperator
SmovengoNetwork
Vélib‘ MétropoleOpen location code
8FW4R8R5+G6OpenStreetMap ID
node 5737051757OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=bicycle_rentalWikidata ID
Q86252208
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Volontaires - Vaugirard” goes by many names.
- French: “Volontaires - Vaugirard”
- Turkish: “Volontaires - Vaugirard”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Volontaires and Bureau de Poste de Paris Volontaires/Francois Bonvin.
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