Rue des Saussaies is a short (50m long) street in the VIIIe arrondissement

VIIIe arrondissement

The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 1st and 9th arrondissements and 16th arrondissement and 17th arrondissement, one of Paris's main...

 of Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 that adjoins the Ministry of the Interior

Minister of the Interior (France)

The Minister of the Interior in France is one of the most important governmental cabinet positions, responsible for the following:* The general interior security of the country, with respect to criminal acts or natural catastrophes...

. It begins at place Beauvau and finishes at place Saussaies. At number 10 lived the comte de Ségur

Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur

Louis Philippe, comte de Ségur was a French diplomat and historian.-Life:He was born in Paris, the son of Philippe Henri, marquis de Ségur and Louise Anne Madeleine de Vernon....

, Napoleon I

Napoleon I

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...

's master of ceremonies.

In Fiction

Rue des Saussaies figures in the novel The World at Night

The World at Night

The World at Night is a novel by Alan Furst.-Plot summary:The story takes place in and around Paris between May 1940 and June 1941. Jean Casson is a French motion-picture producer who specializes in gangster films and who possesses no political views to speak of...

 by Alan Furst

Alan Furst

Alan Furst is an American author of historical spy novels set just prior to and during the Second World War.-Biography:...

, as the location of the headquarters of the Nazi Gestapo

Gestapo

The Gestapo was the official secret police of Nazi Germany. Beginning on 20 April 1934, it was under the administration of the SS leader Heinrich Himmler in his position as Chief of German Police...

 intelligence offices. The character Jean Casson is interrogated and escapes over the rooftop to the adjoining National Meteorological Office.