Île aux Cygnes

Île aux Cygnes is a small artificial island on the river in Paris, France, in the 15th arrondissement. It was created in 1827 to protect the bridge named the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Photo: Yann Caradec, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in the Seine river in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “digue de Grenelle”, “gare d’eau de Grenelle”, “gare de Grenelle”, “Ile aux Cygnes”, and “île aux Cygnes”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Eiffel Tower and Pont Rouelle.

Photo: Benh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a lattice tower on the in , France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the tower from 1887 to 1889. is situated 1 km northeast of Île aux Cygnes.

Bridge
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0.
The is a railway bridge in that crosses the river . It connects the city's and arrondissements, and passes through the Île aux Cygnes.

Park
Photo: Moonik, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Passy and Grenelle.

Suburb
Photo: Chivista, Copyrighted free use.
is an area of , , located in the , on the Right Bank. It is adjacent to to the southwest, and Chaillot to the northeast.

Quarter
Photo: Peter17, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighbourhood in southwestern , . It is a part of the of the city. There is currently a Boulevard de which runs along the North delimitation of the quartier, and a Rue de , a few kilometers North-East in the .

Photo: Elena Tatiana Chis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
This large district occupies most of the West of Paris, extending east-west between the bends of the Seine from the Jardins of Trocadero immediately facing the Eiffel Tower to the expansive Bois du Boulogne, and north-south from the Etoile to the southern border of Paris.

Île aux Cygnes

Latitude
48.85288° or 48° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
2.28375° or 2° 17′ 2″ east
Open location code
8FW4V73M+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 164245439
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Wiki­data ID
Q292258
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.

Satellite Map

Discover Île aux Cygnes from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
© Stadia Maps, Airbus DS, CNES, PlanetObserver, and Copernicus

In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Île aux Cygnes” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Կարապի կղզի”
  • Belarusian: “Лебядзіны востраў”
  • Bosnian: “Ile aux Cygnes”
  • Bosnian: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Catalan: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Catalan: “Île des Cygnes (París)”
  • Catalan: “Illa dels Cignes (París)”
  • Catalan: “Illa dels Cignes de París”
  • Chinese: “天鹅岛 (巴黎)”
  • Chinese: “天鹅岛”
  • Czech: “Ile aux Cygnes”
  • Czech: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Czech: “Ostrov Cygnes”
  • Danish: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Dutch: “Ile aux Cygnes”
  • Dutch: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Dutch: “Ile des Cygnes”
  • Dutch: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Esperanto: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo de cignoj”
  • French: “île aux Cygnes”
  • French: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • French: “Île des Cygnes (Paris)”
  • German: “Allée des Cygnes”
  • German: “Île aux Cygnes (Paris)”
  • German: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Greek: “Ιλ ω Σίνι”
  • Hebrew: “אי הברבורים”
  • Hebrew: “איל או סין”
  • Hebrew: “איל או סינְיְי”
  • Italian: “Île aux Cygnes (Paris)”
  • Italian: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Italian: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Japanese: “白鳥の島”
  • Korean: “시뉴섬”
  • Luxembourgish: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ile des Cygnes”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Norwegian: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Polish: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Polish: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Russian: “Лебединый остров (Париж)”
  • Russian: “Лебединый остров”
  • Russian: “Лебяжий остров (Париж)”
  • Russian: “Лебяжий остров”
  • Slovak: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Slovak: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Spanish: “Ile aux Cygnes”
  • Spanish: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Spanish: “Ile des Cygnes”
  • Spanish: “Île des Cygnes”
  • Swedish: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Ukrainian: “Лебединий острів (Париж)”
  • Ukrainian: “Лебединий острів”
  • Urdu: “ایل او سینے”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Thiên Nga”
  • Vietnamese: “Île aux Cygnes”
  • Vietnamese: “Île des Cygnes”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Île aux Cygnes”.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Port de Grenelle and bras de Grenelle.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Sous station Champ de Mars and Lamballe – Ankara.

Paris: Must-Visit Destinations

Delve into La Défense, 1st arrondissement, 7th arrondissement, and 2nd arrondissement.

Curious Islets to Discover

Uncover intriguing islets from every corner of the globe.