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Rue de Vaugirard
Street in Paris, France
Street in Paris, France
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Rue de Vaugirard |
| image | F8899 Paris 15e rue de Vaugirard rwk.jpg |
| image_size | 230px |
| caption | A view of the Rue de Vaugirard in the 15th arrondissement in 2024 |
| map_type | France Paris |
| map_size | 265 |
| coordinates | |
| arrondissement | 6th, 15th |
| quarter | Quartier de l'Odéon |
| Quartier Necker | |
| Quartier Saint-Lambert | |
| terminus_a | Jardin du Luxembourg |
| terminus_b | Porte de Versailles |
| length | 4300 m |
| inauguration_label | Denomination |
Quartier Necker Quartier Saint-Lambert The Rue de Vaugirard (; English: Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside Paris's former city walls, at 4.3 km. It spans the 6th and 15th arrondissements. The Senate, housed in the Palais du Luxembourg, is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard.
Location
The Rue de Vaugirard is mostly a one-way street from the southwest edge of Paris (at the Porte de Versailles) towards the Latin Quarter at the junction of the Boulevard Victor and the Boulevard Lefebvre. Traffic flows in both directions between the Rue de Rennes and the Place de l'Odéon. Numbering starts in the Latin Quarter, reaching the 400s by the Porte de Versailles. It the longest street in Paris.
History
The road, which appeared in the 15th century, led from Philip II's city walls towards the village of Vaugirard. This route was itself based on an old Roman road.
Origin of the name
Vaugirard came from an old French noun-and-genitive construction val Girard (Latin: vallis Girardi), meaning "vale of Girard", after an Abbé Girard, who owned the land over which the road passes.
Sites of interest
A substantial portion of Line 12 of the Paris Métro follows the Rue de Vaugirard. The following stations have entrances on the road:
- Porte de Versailles
- Convention
- Vaugirard
- Volontaires
- Pasteur
- Falguière
- Saint-Placide (Line 4)
Gallery
|File:Sénat, entrée nord.jpg|The Senate on the Rue de Vaugirard |File:Dôme église Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 03.jpg|Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes |File:Centre-medical-de-l'institute-pasteur.jpg|Medical Centre of Pasteur Institute |File:Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Fishing.jpg|Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing, Direction Générale de l'Alimentation |File:Pantheon-Assas University - Vaugirard.jpg|A campus of Panthéon-Assas University |File:La Maison de Poupée.jpg|La Maison de Poupée, 40 Rue de Vaugirard
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