Place du Colonel Fabien
The Place du Colonel Fabien is a square in Paris straddling the 10th and 19th arrondissements. 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.- Type: Garden
- 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.
Colonel Fabien station
Metro station
Photo: Jasonfist, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Colonel Fabien is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 19th arrondissements under the Boulevard de la Vilette.
Gare de Paris-Est
Railway station
The Gare de l'Est, officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in Paris, France. It is located in the 10th arrondissement, approximately 270 meters southeast from the Gare du Nord, facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. Gare de Paris-Est is situated 800 metres west of Place du Colonel Fabien.
Square Amadou-Hampate Ba
Park
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Square Amadou-Hampate Ba is a park, which is situated 160 metres west of Place du Colonel Fabien.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grange aux Belles and 10th arrondissement.
10th arrondissement
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The 10th arrondissement of Paris 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 10th arrondissement 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.
Belleville
Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville.
Place du Colonel Fabien
- Categories: square, recreation area, and pedestrian zone
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.87806° or 48° 52′ 41″ northLongitude
2.37029° or 2° 22′ 13″ eastNamed after
Pierre GeorgesOpen location code
8FW4V9HC+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 112713345OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianOpenStreetMap feature
leisure=gardenWikidata 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”
- Turkish: “Colonel-Fabien Meydanı”
- Turkish: “place du Colonel-Fabien”
- “place du Colonel-Fabien”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Place du Colonel Fabien and Combat du Taureau.
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