Square Edmée-Chandon
Square Edmée-Chandon is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Square Edmée-Chandon is situated nearby to the arts center Étagère Café, as well as near the social service facility Logements Léon Frot.Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Paris, France
- Also known as: “jardin Frot-Phalsbourg”, “Jardin Frot-Phalsbourg”, “Square Edmée Chandon”, and “square Edmée-Chandon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Père Lachaise Cemetery and Ruins of Bastille.
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Photo: Connie Ma, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 20th arrondissement of Paris lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 1 km northeast of Square Edmée-Chandon.
Ruins of Bastille
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. Ruins of Bastille is situated 1¼ km west of Square Edmée-Chandon.
Charonne station
Metro station
Charonne is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. It was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. Charonne station is situated 130 metres south of Square Edmée-Chandon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
11th arrondissement
Photo: ParisSharing, CC BY 2.0.
The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Suburb
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France. It grew up to the east of the Bastille around the abbey of Saint-Antoine-des-Champs, and ran along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
Charonne quarter
Suburb
The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter, the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.
Square Edmée-Chandon
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.85589° or 48° 51′ 21″ northLongitude
2.38556° or 2° 23′ 8″ eastInception
2004Named after
Edmée ChandonOpen location code
8FW4V94P+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 304423650OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3162317
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In Other Languages
“Square Edmée-Chandon” goes by many names.
- French: “jardin Frot-Phalsbourg”
- French: “square Edmée-Chandon”
- French: “Square Edmée-Chandon”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Étagère Café and Logements Léon Frot.
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