Rue Pierre Charron, Paris

Rue Pierre Charron, Paris
	Rue Pierre-Charron as seen from Avenue George V, April 2011
	Shown within Paris
Length	320 m (1,050 ft)
Width	20 m (66 ft)
Arrondissement	8th
Quarter	Champs-Elysées
Coordinates	48°52′10″N 2°18′12″E
From	30 avenue George V
To	55 Champs-Elysées
Construction
Completion	1804
Denomination	October 25, 1879

Rue Pierre Charron is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

History

This street was once part of a unique rue de Morny that extended until the Place d'Iéna. Already with its present name, its section between the avenue George V and the abovementioned place was renamed avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie in 1918.

Present name

Pierre Charron (1541–1603) was a French philosopher, author of Traité de la Sagesse (Treatise on Wisdom), and a friend of fellow philosopher Montaigne after whom the nearby avenue Montaigne is named.

Closest Métro station

The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the avenue des Champs-Elysées about midway between métro line 1 stations George V and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also nearby are metro line 9's Saint-Philippe du Roule (to the north) and Alma-Marceau (to the south).

Other attributions

Mentioned in French singer/songwriter Renaud's "Les Charognards."

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