The Rue de Vaugirard (Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside

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's former city walls, at . It spans the 6th and 15th arrondissements. The

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, housed in the

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, is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard.

Location

The Rue de Vaugirard is mostly a one-way street from the southwest edge of Paris (at the Porte de Versailles) towards the

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at the junction of Boulevard Victor and Boulevard Lefebvre. Traffic flows in both directions between the Rue de Rennes and the Place de l'Odéon. Numbering starts in the Latin Quarter, reaching the 400s by Porte de Versailles. It the longest street in Paris.

History

The road, which appeared in the 15th century, led from

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's city walls towards the village of Vaugirard. This route was itself based on an old

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Origin of the name

"Vaugirard" came from an

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noun-and-genitive construction "val Girard" = "vale of Girard" (Latin ''vallis Girardi''), after an ''

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Girard'', who owned the land over which the road passes.

Sites of interest

A substantial chunk of Line 12 of the Paris Métro follows the Rue de Vaugirard. The following stations have entrances on the road: *''

Porte de Versailles Porte de Versailles () is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro, as well as the southern terminus of Île-de-France tramway Line 2 and a stop on Île-de-France tramway Line 3a in the 15th arrondissement. Nearby are the Paris expo Porte de Ver ...

'' *'' Convention'' *'' Vaugirard'' *'' Volontaires'' *''

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'' *'' Falguière'' *'' Saint-Placide'' ( Line 4)

Location

History

Origin of the name

Sites of interest

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See also