Rue Pierre Charron is a street in Paris

Paris

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' VIIIe arrondissement

VIIIe arrondissement

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, near Paris' Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

History

This street was once part of a unique rue de Morny that extended until the Place d'Iéna. Already with its present name, its section between the avenue George V and the abovementioned place was renamed avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie in 1918.

Present name

Pierre Charron

Pierre Charron

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 (1541–1603) was a French philosopher, author of Traité de la Sagesse (Treatise on Wisdom), and a friend of fellow philosopher Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne

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 after whom the nearby avenue Montaigne is named.

Closest Métro station

The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the avenue des Champs-Elysées about mid-way between métro

Paris Métro

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 line 1

Paris Metro Line 1

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 stations George V

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 and Franklin D. Roosevelt

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. Also nearby are metro line 9

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's Saint-Philippe du Roule

Saint-Philippe du Roule (Paris Metro)

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 (to the north) and Alma-Marceau

Alma - Marceau (Paris Metro)

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 (to the south).

Other attributions

Mentioned in French singer/songwriter Renaud

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's "Les Charognards."