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 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Arrondissement | 11th |
|---|---|
| Quarter | Bastille |
| Coordinates | 48°51′36″N2°22′19″E / 48.8599°N 2.3719°E /48.8599; 2.3719 |
| From | Bastille |
| To | Avenue de la République |
TheBoulevard Richard-Lenoir (French pronunciation:[bulvaʁʁiʃaʁlənwaʁ]), running from theBastille to theAvenue de la République, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards driven throughParis byBaron Haussmann during theSecond French Empire ofNapoleon III.
The boulevard is named afterFrançois Richard-Lenoir [fr] (1765-1839) andJoseph Lenoir-Dufresne [fr] (1768-1806), business-partner industrialists who brought the cotton industry to Paris and northern France in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is the site of a weekly art market and of a bi-weekly fruit and vegetable market that is one of the largest in Paris.
Georges Simenon's famous detective JulesMaigret is portrayed as living at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.[1]