Place du Colonel Fabien

The Place du Colonel Fabien is a square in Paris straddling the and . 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.
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  • Type: Square
  • Description: square in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “place du Colonel-Fabien”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Colonel Fabien station and Gare de Paris-Est.

Metro station
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Colonel Fabien is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the and under the Boulevard de la Vilette.

Railway station
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The Gare de l'Est, officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in , . It is located in the , approximately 270 meters southeast from the , facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. is situated 790 metres west of Place du Colonel Fabien.

College
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The is a French private business school grande école and a member of the French Conférence des grandes écoles. The school has French, European and international campuses in , , , , , , , , , , , , , and as well as . is situated 170 metres south of Place du Colonel Fabien.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange aux Belles and 10th arrondissement.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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The of 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 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.

Quarter
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is a of , France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of straddles the borderline between the and the along its main street, the Rue de .

Place du Colonel Fabien

Latitude
48.87806° or 48° 52′ 41″ north
Longitude
2.37018° or 2° 22′ 13″ east
Named after
Pierre Georges
Open location code
8FW4V9HC+63
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112713345
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Wiki­data ID
Q3390598
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Turkish—“Place du Colonel Fabien” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • Chinese: “法比安上校广场”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ميدان العقيد فابيان”
  • French: “Place du Colonel Fabien”
  • French: “place du Colonel-Fabien, Paris”
  • French: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • French: “Place du colonel-fabien”
  • French: “Place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • French: “Place du Combat”
  • Japanese: “コロネル・ファビアン広場”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • Slovenian: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • Thai: “ปลัสดูกอลอแนลฟาเบียง”
  • Turkish: “Colonel-Fabien Meydanı”
  • Turkish: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
  • “place du Colonel-Fabien”

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