Rue du Chat-qui-Pêche is considered the narrowest street in

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. It is only wide for the whole of its length. It is in the 5th arrondissement, on the

Rive Gauche The Rive Gauche (, ''Left Bank'') is the southern bank of the river Seine in Paris. Here the river flows roughly westward, cutting the city in two parts. When facing downstream, the southern bank is to the left, and the northern bank (or ''Rive D ...

of the

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, and runs from Quai Saint-Michel to

Rue de la Huchette The rue de la Huchette is one of the oldest streets running along the Rive Gauche in Paris, France. Running eastward just below the Seine river from the Place Saint-Michel, it is today an animated Latin Quarter artery with one of the highest conc ...

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Built in 1540, it then ended on the bank of the river

. The status of "narrowest" street in Paris is also conferred on the sentier des Merisiers in the 12th arrondissement and the passage de la Duée in the 20e arrondissement.

Origin of the name

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the name means "Street of the Fishing Cat". It was named after the picture on a shop

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. The original name was ''Rue des Étuves'', and at various times it has also been known as ''Rue du Renard'' (not to be confused with the current Rue du Renard, in the 4e arr.) and ''Rue des Bouticles''.

Literature

Jolán Földes Jolán Földes (Yolanda Foldes or Yolanda Clarent) (20 December 1902, Kenderes – October 1963, London) was a Hungarian author. Her most famous novel is the ''Street of the Fishing Cat''. Biography Jolán Földes graduated in Budapest (1921) a ...

, a Hungarian author, lived on this street in 1930, and gave its name to one of her novels: ''A halászó macska uccája'', which is the literal translation of the name in Hungarian.

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