The Rue de Ménilmontant is a street which runs through the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France.[1]
 Rue de Ménilmontant | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Former name(s) | Chemin du Ménil-Mautemps
Chaussée ou avenue de Ménilmontant |
|---|---|
| Length | 1,230 m (4,040 ft) |
| Width | 13.7 m (45 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 20th |
| Quarter | Belleville Saint-Fargeau Père-Lachaise |
| Coordinates | 48°52′4.79″N 2°23′12.91″E / 48.8679972°N 2.3869194°E |
| From | 2, boulevard de Belleville 152, boulevard de Ménilmontant |
| To | 105, rue Pelleport |
History
editThe street, formerly a chemin (path), took its name from the hamlet of Mesnil-Maudan, that it led to, in the 13th century. In 1732, the street was altered to be less steep; in 1733, it was made wider; and in 1734, by order of King Louis XV, trees were planted on both sides.[2] From 1777 to 1806, it was separated in three parts. The first part between the Rue de la Folie-Méricourt and the Rue Popincourt was called the Rue du Chemin de Ménilmontant, the second part ending the Rue Saint-Maur was called the Rue de la Roulette, the third and last part was called Haute-Borne. Since 1806, the whole length has been entirely known as the Rue de Ménilmontant.[3] In 1860, Baron Haussmann integrated the village of Ménilmontant into Paris, making the Rue de Ménilmontant a street of Paris.
Name origin
editThe word mesnil (from the latin masnilium) meant "country house" and was also sometimes used to designate a hamlet. The name later became Mesnil-Mautemps then Mal-Temps and finally Mesnil-Montant,[4] probably due to the steepness of the street (montant meaning "climbing").[2]
Closest transport
editMetro: Ménilmontant (Paris Métro); Saint-Fargeau (Paris Métro)
Bus: 26, 60, 61, 96
References
edit- ^ Jean La Tynna (1812). Dictionnaire topographique, étymologique et historique des rues de Paris (in French). J. de La Tynna.
- ^ a b J. De Marles (1838). Paris Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire de France (in French). p. 238.
- ^ Félix Lazare (1844). Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments (in French). F. Lazare. p. 441.
- ^ Jacques-Maximilien Benjamin Bins de Saint-Victor (1827). Tableau historique et pittoresque de Paris depuis les Gaulois jusqu'à nos jours (in French). Gosselin. p. 1150.