The Bassin de l'Arsenal (also known as the Port de l'Arsenal) is a boat basin in

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. It links the

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, which begins at the

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, to the

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, at the Quai de la Rapée. A component of the ''Réseau des Canaux Parisiens'' (Parisian Canal Network), it forms part of the boundary between the 4th and the 12th arrondissements. It is bordered by the Boulevard Bourdon on the 4th (westerly) side and the

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on the

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(easterly) side. From the 16th century until the 19th, an arsenal existed at this location. The arsenal accounts for the name of the basin and the name of the neighborhood, Arsenal, bordering the westerly ( 4th arrondissement) side of the basin. Bastille in demolition July 1789

After the destruction of the

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fortress in November 1789 (during the

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), the Bassin de l'Arsenal was excavated to replace the ditch that had been in place to draw water from the Seine to fill the moat at the fortress. During the nineteenth century and most of the twentieth, the Bassin de l'Arsenal was a commercial port where goods were loaded and unloaded. Separated from the Seine by the Morland lockgate, the port was converted into a leisure port in 1983 by a decision of the

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(Paris City Hall) and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and it is now run by the ''Association for the Leisure Port of Paris-Arsenal''. The basin is part of France's national

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(VNF, Navigable Waterways of France) system. Since that time, it has been a

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(in French, a ''port de plaisance''), for approximately 180 pleasure boats.

Metro stations

The Bassin de l'Arsenal is located between the

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stations Quai de la Rapée and

(except the Line 1 platforms, which crosses over the Bassin), and is a short walk from

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. It is served by lines ,, and .

References

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Metro stations

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