The Boulevard de Rochechouart is situated at the foot of Montmartre

Montmartre

Montmartre is a hill which is 130 metres high, giving its name to the surrounding district, in the north of Paris in the 18th arrondissement, a part of the Right Bank. Montmartre is primarily known for the white-domed Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on its summit and as a nightclub district...

 and to its south. Like the neighbouring street it is named after Marguerite de Rochechouart de Montpipeau (1665-1727), abbess of Montmartre. It is a result of the 1864 merging of the boulevards and chemins de ronde which followed the interior and exterior of the Wall of the Farmers-General

Wall of the Farmers-General

The Wall of the Farmers-General was built between 1784 and 1791 by the Ferme générale, the corporation of tax farmers. It was one of the several city walls of Paris built between the early Middle Ages to the mid 19th century. It was 24 kilometers long and roughly followed the route now occupied by...

. It has also been known as the boulevard des Poissonniers, chemin de ronde de Poissonnière and chemin de ronde de Rochechouart. It is served by the Paris Metro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 stations Pigalle

Pigalle (Paris Metro)

Pigalle is a station on lines 2 and 12 of the Paris Métro, named after the Place Pigalle, which commemorates the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Pigalle on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissement...

, Anvers

Anvers (Paris Metro)

Anvers is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 9th and the 18th arrondissements in Montmartre.The station was opened on 21 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from Étoile. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Bagnolet on 31 January 1903...

 and Barbès – Rochechouart.

Sites

• At n°15, former site of the théâtre de la Gaîté-Rochechouart.
• At n°29, a pied-à-terre of the painter Gustave Caillebotte
  Gustave Caillebotte
  Gustave Caillebotte was a French painter, member and patron of the group of artists known as Impressionists, though he painted in a much more realistic manner than many other artists in the group...
  
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• At n°38, a atelier of the painter Fernand Piet.
• n°45, site of the old Montmartre abattoir, then the collège Rollin (1876) and today the lycée Jacques-Decour.
• n°55, former hôtel of the painter Ernest Hébert
  Ernest Hébert
  thumb|220px|Self-portrait, aged 17.Antoine Auguste Ernest Hébert was a French painter and academic.He was born in Grenoble and died in La Tronche. His painting Mal'aria was exhibited in the Salon of 1850-1851, and now hangs in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris...
  
  . The revenues from it now fund the Musée Hébert de la Tronche and the Musée national Ernest Hébert de Paris
• At n°57 lived the famous polemicist Henri Rochefort - this house was also the last Paris studio of Renoir
  Renoir
  -People with the surname Renoir :* Pierre-Auguste Renoir , French painter* Pierre Renoir , French actor and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir* Jean Renoir , French film director and son of Pierre-Auguste Renoir...
  
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• At N°57 bis lived Eugénie Buffet
  Eugénie Buffet
  Eugénie Buffet was a French singer who rose to fame in France just prior to World War I. She has been called one of the first, if not the first, performer of the chanson réaliste genre. She became a national sensation in France, performing in the fashionable cafés-concerts of Paris as well as...
  
  , famous street singer.
• N°63, former cirque Fernando, then Médrano.
• At N°66 the composer Gustave Charpentier
  Gustave Charpentier
  Gustave Charpentier, , born in Dieuze, Moselle on 25 June 1860, died Paris, 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera Louise.-Life and career:...
  
   lived for 60 years.
• n°72, former site of the Elysée Montmartre
  Elysée Montmartre
  Open in 1807, the Élysée Montmartre is a music venue, at 72 Boulevard de Rochechouart, in Paris, France. It has a capacity of 1,200 patrons. The nearest métro station is Anvers.In 1900, the venue was damaged by fire, and was re-decorated...
  
  , popular ballroom originally dating back to 1807.
• N°80, site of the théâtre de l'Elysée-Montmartre, now the le Trianon
  Trianon
  Trianon may refer to:* Le Grand Trianon, a palace near Versailles, France* Le Petit Trianon, a château near Versailles, France* Le Trianon , a theatre and concert hall at 80, boulevard de Rochechouart in Paris...
  
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• n°84, site of the famous cabaret Le Chat noir
  Le Chat Noir
  Le Chat Noir was a 19th-century cabaret, meaning entertainment house, in the bohemian Montmartre district of Paris...
  
  created by the painter Rodolphe Salis
  Rodolphe Salis
  Louis Rodolphe Salis was the creator, host and owner of the Le Chat Noir cabaret With this establishment Salis is remembered as the creator of the modern cabaret: a nightclub where the patrons could sit at tables with alcoholic drinks and enjoy variety acts on a stage, introduced by a master of...
  
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• n°120, address of the concert hall Boule Noire and the adjoining cabaret La Cigale
  La Cigale
  La Cigale is a theater at 120, boulevard de Rochechouart near Place Pigalle, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris. The theatre is part of a complex that is connected to Le Trabendo and the Boule Noire. The hall can accommodate 1389 people or 954 people...
  
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Sources and references

• Jacques Hillairet, Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris, Minuit, Paris, 1963 (ISBN 2-7073-1054-9)

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