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Rue Lhomond

Coordinates: 48°50′38″N 2°20′46″E / 48.8438°N 2.3460°E / 48.8438; 2.3460
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View of the lower part of the street
Rue Lhomond in 1913

The Rue Lhomond is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in the quartier du Val-de-Grâce and has existed since the 15th century.

Origin of the name

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It was once known as the Rue des Poteries after its Gallo-Roman pottery workshops (re-discovered in the 18th century), then from around 1600 as the Rue des Pots and finally the Rue des Postes.[1] It was given its present name in 1867 after the priest, grammarian and scholar Charles François Lhomond (1727-1794).

History

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The street has housed several Catholic seminaries and convents, along with a British seminary established at no. 22 by permission of King Louis XIV in 1684 and active until 1790.[2]

The Rue Lhomond features in the Georges Simenon novel Maigret Takes a Room. In the novel, Maigret takes a room in a boarding house to discover who shot his subordinate Janvier.


References

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48°50′38″N 2°20′46″E / 48.8438°N 2.3460°E / 48.8438; 2.3460