Place Mireille
Place Mireille is a square in Paris, Île-de-France. Place Mireille is situated nearby to the fountain Fontaine Molière, as well as near La mort de Molière.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Pedestrian zone
- Description: square in Paris, France
- Also known as: “place Mireille”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include École Nationale des Chartes and Orsay Museum.
École Nationale des Chartes
College
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The École Nationale des Chartes is a French grande école and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at the National Archives, and later at the Palais de la Sorbonne. École Nationale des Chartes is situated 190 metres north of Place Mireille.
Orsay Museum
Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine. It is housed in the former Gare d'Orsay, a Beaux-Arts railway station built from 1898 to 1900. Orsay Museum is situated 1 km southwest of Place Mireille.
Fontaine Molière
Fountain
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The Fontaine Molière is a fountain in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, at the junction of the Rue Molière and the Rue de Richelieu. Its site was occupied by a fountain known as the Fontaine Richelieu until 1838, when it was demolished due to interfering with traffic flow.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 1st arrondissement and 2nd arrondissement.
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries and Palais-Royal, the 1st arrondissement is full of attractions for travellers of all inclinations, including some of the finest parks, museums, shops, and bars in the city.
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news. Other major activities in the neighbourhood are journalism and fashion.
Quartier des Halles
Suburb
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Place Mireille
- Category: square
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.86565° or 48° 51′ 56″ northLongitude
2.33675° or 2° 20′ 12″ eastNamed after
Mireille HartuchOpen location code
8FW4V88P+7MOpenStreetMap ID
way 54058997OpenStreetMap feature
highway=pedestrianWikidata ID
Q14629214
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In Other Languages
From French to Turkish—“Place Mireille” goes by many names.
- French: “place Mireille, Paris”
- French: “place Mireille”
- French: “Place Mireille”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “place Mireille”
- Russian: “ул. Мирей”
- Turkish: “Mireille Meydanı”
- Turkish: “place Mireille”
- “place Mireille”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include La mort de Molière and Galerie Tino Zervudachi.
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