Former name(s) | Quai de la Grenouillière Quai d'Orsay Quai Bonaparte |
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Namesake | Anatole France |
Type | Quay |
Length | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
Width | 19.9 m |
Location | Paris |
Arrondissement | 7th arrondissement of Paris |
Quarter | Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Invalides |
Coordinates | 48°51′41″N 2°19′24″E / 48.86139°N 2.32333°E |
From | Quai Voltaire |
To | Quai d'Orsay |
Quai Anatole-France is a quay on the south bank of the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
At 585 meters long, Quai Anatole-France begins after Quai Voltaire, at the level of rue du Bac, and continues as quai d'Orsay, from the Boulevard Saint-Germain and at the level of Palais Bourbon.
Quai Anatole-France is the eastern part of the Quai d'Orsay, bounded by Pont Royal and Pont de la Concorde. It took its current name in 1947. Anatole France was familiar with the quays of Rive Gauche: he had lived at 15, quai Malaquais and his father had run a bookstore at 9, quai Voltaire.
First called "quai de la Grenouillière" by the Council decree of 18 October 1704, it had been renamed "quai d'Orsay" by the decision of the Council of 23 August 1707. It was called "quai Bonaparte" by the decree of the Consuls of 13 Messidor year X, and reverted to the name "quai d'Orsay" in 1815.
The part of the quay between number 5 and rue de Bellechasse was named "place Henry-de-Montherlant" in 1982.
Former name(s) | Quai de la Grenouillière Quai d'Orsay Quai Bonaparte |
---|---|
Namesake | Anatole France |
Type | Quay |
Length | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
Width | 19.9 m |
Location | Paris |
Arrondissement | 7th arrondissement of Paris |
Quarter | Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Invalides |
Coordinates | 48°51′41″N 2°19′24″E / 48.86139°N 2.32333°E |
From | Quai Voltaire |
To | Quai d'Orsay |
Quai Anatole-France is a quay on the south bank of the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
At 585 meters long, Quai Anatole-France begins after Quai Voltaire, at the level of rue du Bac, and continues as quai d'Orsay, from the Boulevard Saint-Germain and at the level of Palais Bourbon.
Quai Anatole-France is the eastern part of the Quai d'Orsay, bounded by Pont Royal and Pont de la Concorde. It took its current name in 1947. Anatole France was familiar with the quays of Rive Gauche: he had lived at 15, quai Malaquais and his father had run a bookstore at 9, quai Voltaire.
First called "quai de la Grenouillière" by the Council decree of 18 October 1704, it had been renamed "quai d'Orsay" by the decision of the Council of 23 August 1707. It was called "quai Bonaparte" by the decree of the Consuls of 13 Messidor year X, and reverted to the name "quai d'Orsay" in 1815.
The part of the quay between number 5 and rue de Bellechasse was named "place Henry-de-Montherlant" in 1982.