Coulée verte René-Dumont
The Coulée verte René-Dumont or Promenade plantée René-Dumont is a 4.7 km elevated linear park built on top of obsolete railway infrastructure in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was inaugurated in 1993.Photo: jean-louis Zimmermann, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Park
- Description: urban park in Paris, France
- Also known as: “Coulee verte”, “Coulée verte”, “Coulee verte Rene-Dumont”, “Promenade plantee”, and “Promenade plantée”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.
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 420 metres northwest of Coulée verte René-Dumont.
Opéra Bastille
Theater building
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company… Opéra Bastille is situated 240 metres north of Coulée verte René-Dumont.
Gare de Lyon
Railway station
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers annually according to the estimates of the SNCF in 2018, with SNCF railways and the RER… Gare de Lyon is situated 550 metres south of Coulée verte René-Dumont.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Faubourg Saint-Antoine and 11th arrondissement.
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.
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.
4th arrondissement
Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.
Coulée verte René-Dumont
- Categories: urban park, promenade, building, tourism, and recreation area
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.84941° or 48° 50′ 58″ northLongitude
2.3716° or 2° 22′ 18″ eastLevels
2Open location code
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tourism=yesWikidata ID
Q2060889
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Coulée verte René-Dumont” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Chinese: “勒内·杜蒙绿色长廊”
- Chinese: “露天植物园平台”
- Chinese: “露天植物園平臺”
- Czech: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Dutch: “Coulee verte Rene-Dumont”
- Dutch: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Dutch: “Coulee verte”
- Dutch: “Coulée verte”
- Dutch: “Promenade Plantee”
- Esperanto: “Verda promenvojo René-Dumont”
- Esperanto: “Verda Promenvojo René-Dumont”
- Finnish: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- French: “coulée verte René-Dumont”
- French: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- French: “promenade Plantée”
- German: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Greek: “Πεζόδρομος Ρενέ-Ντυμόν”
- Hausa: “René-Dumont mai laushi”
- Hebrew: “פרומנד פלנטה-הטיילת הירוקה של רנה דומון”
- Indonesian: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Italian: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Italian: “Passeggiata alberata”
- Italian: “Promenade plantée”
- Japanese: “プロムナード・プランテ”
- Korean: “프롬나드 플랑테”
- Malay: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Norwegian: “Promenade plantée”
- Portuguese: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Spanish: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Spanish: “Paseo plantado”
- Spanish: “Promenade plantee”
- Spanish: “Promenade plantée”
- Swedish: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Turkish: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Vietnamese: “Coulée verte René-Dumont”
- Vietnamese: “Coulée verte”
- Vietnamese: “Promenade plantée”
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