Square de la Folie-Régnault
Square de la Folie-Régnault is a park in Paris, Île-de-France. Square de la Folie-Régnault is situated nearby to the college Ateliers Varan, as well as near the theater building Auguste.- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Jardin de la Folie-Regnault”, “square de la Folie-Regnault”, and “square de la Folie-Régnault”
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 620 metres northeast of Square de la Folie-Régnault.
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 1½ km west of Square de la Folie-Régnault.
Philippe Auguste station
Metro station
Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Philippe Auguste is a station on Line 2 of the Paris Métro, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements. Philippe Auguste station is situated 190 metres northeast of Square de la Folie-Régnault.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Charonne quarter.
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.
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.
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.
Square de la Folie-Régnault
- Categories: urban park and recreation area
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.85745° or 48° 51′ 27″ northLongitude
2.38787° or 2° 23′ 16″ eastInception
1962Open location code
8FW4V94Q+X4OpenStreetMap ID
way 313144545OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=parkWikidata ID
Q3494940
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In Other Languages
“Square de la Folie-Régnault” goes by many names.
- French: “square de la Folie-Régnault”
- French: “Square de la Folie-Régnault”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ateliers Varan and Auguste.
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