Square Necker

Square Necker is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Square Necker is situated nearby to Sœurs Missionnaires du Saint-Ésprit, as well as near the sports venue Escrime.

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Type: Park
Description: urban park in Paris, France
Also known as: “square Necker”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Montparnasse Tower and Gare Montparnasse.

Montparnasse Tower

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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 1¼ km east of Square Necker.

Gare Montparnasse

Railway station

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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 Square Necker.

Volontaires station

Metro station

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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. Volontaires station is situated 250 metres northeast of Square Necker.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 15th arrondissement and Porte Brancion.

15th arrondissement

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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.

Porte Brancion

Locality

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Porte Brancion is a locality.

Grenelle

Quarter

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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.

Square Necker

Categories: urban park and recreation area
Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude

48.83955° or 48° 50′ 22″ north

Longitude

2.30653° or 2° 18′ 24″ east

Named after

Jacques Necker

Open location code

8FW4R8Q4+RJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 14320763

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=park

Wikidata ID

Q3494740

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Satellite Map

Discover Square Necker from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From French to Turkish—“Square Necker” goes by many names.

French: “square Necker”
French: “Square Necker”
Turkish: “Necker Bahçe-Meydanı”
Turkish: “square Necker”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sœurs Missionnaires du Saint-Ésprit and Escrime.

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