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 View of the street in 2005 | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Length | 2,070 m (6,790 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 14.50 m (47.6 ft) betweenRue Royale andRue La Boétie; 13.80 m betweenRue La Boétie andAvenue de Wagram |
| Arrondissement | 8th |
| Quarter | Faubourg du Roule, Madeleine |
| Coordinates | 48°52′23″N2°18′37″E / 48.87296°N 2.31039°E /48.87296; 2.31039 |
| From | 15–19 Rue Royale |
| To | 46 Avenue de Wagram and 2 Place des Ternes |
| Construction | |
| Denomination | 10 December 1847 |
TheRue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré (pronounced[ʁydyfobuʁsɛ̃t‿ɔnɔʁe]) is a street located in the8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Relatively narrow and nondescript, especially in comparison to the nearbyAvenue des Champs-Élysées, it is cited as being one of the most luxurious and fashionable streets in the world thanks to the presence of major global fashion houses, theÉlysée Palace (official residence of thePresident of France), theHôtel de Pontalba (residence of theUnited States Ambassador to France), theEmbassy of Canada, theEmbassy of the United Kingdom, as well as numerous art galleries.
TheRue Saint-Honoré, of which the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is now an extension, began as a road extending west from the northern edge of theLouvre Palace.Saint Honoré,Honorius of Amiens, is the French patron saint of bakers.
Until the 18th century, a few villages were dispersed in a rural area that extended west of theLouvre. The main street (a dirt road) of Roule, one of the villages, became theRue Neuve-Saint-Honoré; it was lined and surrounded by a few mansions. The passage was upgraded in the 12th century to accommodate the increasing traffic from Paris's central market,Les Halles, to the outer villages. (The market was moved in 1971 from the center of Paris to the suburb ofRungis.)
The road extended to the edge or gate of Paris. The passage was renamedRue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré when the village became an officialsuburb of Paris; (foris burgem in Latin means "outside the city"). Originally, the passage extended to theForêt de Rouvray ("oak forest"), which covered a vast area west of Paris. Remnants of it are theBois de Boulogne, as well as the 5,100 haForêt Domaniale de la Londe-Rouvray inNormandy.
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré was incorporated into Paris's city limits in 1860.
Depending on tradition, the reliable gauge of style in Paris and high style can be found along ten blocks of the Rue Saint-Honoré, from the Rue Cambon to the Rue des Pyramides.[1]
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is:
| Located near theMétro stations: Saint-Philippe du Roule and Madeleine. |
It is served by the2,8,9,12, and14 lines.
