Rue Nicolas-Appert

The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street located in Paris, France.

Rue Nicolas-Appert
LocationParis, France
FromPassage Sainte-Anne Popincourt
ToRue Pelée

Location

The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.[1] It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée.[1] It is 137 metre long and 15 metre wide.[1]

History

It was created in 1985[2] and named in honor of Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.[1]

The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at number 5.[3]

On 7 January 2015 the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert were attacked by Islamist terrorists. A commemorative plaque on the building records the names of eleven of the twelve people who were killed there. Charlie Hebdo has since moved. [4]

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References
  1. "rue Nicolas Appert". www.v2asp.paris.fr. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  2. "The Streets of Paris". Weekly Standard. 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  3. "Plan d'accès". Comédie Bastille (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  4. "Sur les traces de Charlie Hebdo". france culture (in French). 2015-01-19. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

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