Épinettes (French pronunciation:[epinɛt]) is a neighborhood ofParis, a part of the17th arrondissement of the city. The neighborhood is bounded by theAvenue de Clichy, theAvenue de Saint-Ouen and the boundaries of Paris in the North.
Epinettes were part of Batignolles, an independent village outside Paris, until 1860 when theemperorNapoleon III annexed it to the capital. An agricultural area until the middle of the 19th century, it then evolved into an industrial district, with several factories such as those ofErnest Goüin. Housings were built in typical Parisian style, with a majority ofHaussmannian buildings. TheCité des Fleurs, a picturesque pedestrian street with small houses with gardens in the heart of the city, is also built at that time.
Like the neighbouring Batignolles, Epinettes, especially the south-western part (Brochant & La Fourche) was strongly linked toimpressionism. The "groupe des Batignolles" met inCafé Guerbois or atChez le père Lathuille, avenue de Clichy. Famous writerÉmile Zola lived also in the district, as did painterAlfred Sisley in theCité des Fleurs (City of the Flowers) or poetJules Laforgue.
Several famous left-leaning politicians or activists from the turn of the 20th century came from Epinettes:Paul Brousse orMaria Deraismes. Famous singerFréhel also grew up there. It was also influenced by industrial paternalism, especially ofEdme-Jean Leclaire orErnest Goüin.
Even though industries left the district as they did in the rest of Paris, its population has long been mostly middle class. It has evolved towardsgentrification orembourgeoisement in French, as some sociologists or newspapers noted. Real estate prices have strongly grown, especially in the South-Western part between theAvenue de Clichy, theAvenue de Saint-Ouen and theRue Guy Môquet.[1][2][3]
In the Epinettes district you can see thesquare des Épinettes, theCité des Fleurs and thecimetière des Batignolles (André Breton,Paul Verlaine,Blaise Cendrars,Ray Ventura orBenjamin Peret are buried there.
Epinettes is served by lines2 and13:
| Located near theMétro stations: La Fourche, Rome and Brochant. |
48°53′38″N2°19′21″E / 48.89389°N 2.32250°E /48.89389; 2.32250
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