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Rue Nicolas-Appert

Coordinates: 48°51′32″N 2°22′13″E / 48.8590°N 2.3703°E / 48.8590; 2.3703
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Rue Nicolas-Appert
LocationParis, France
FromPassage Sainte-Anne Popincourt
ToRue Pelée

The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Location

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The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.[1] It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée.[1] It is 137 metres (449 ft) long and 15 metres (49 ft) wide.[1]

History

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Rue Nicolas-Appert, one day after the Charlie Hebdo shooting

It was constructed in 1985[2] and named in honor of Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.[1]

The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at no. 5.[3]

On 7 January 2015, the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert were attacked by Islamist terrorists. A commemorative plaque on the building records the names of eleven of the twelve people who were killed there. Charlie Hebdo has since moved.[4] In September 2020, there was a stabbing attack outside of the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "rue Nicolas Appert". www.v2asp.paris.fr. Archived from the original on 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  2. ^ "The Streets of Paris". Weekly Standard. 2015-01-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  3. ^ "Plan d'accès". Comédie Bastille (in French). Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-04-24.
  4. ^ "Sur les traces de Charlie Hebdo". france culture (in French). 2015-01-19. Archived from the original on 2019-01-10. Retrieved 2019-01-09.

48°51′32″N 2°22′13″E / 48.8590°N 2.3703°E / 48.8590; 2.3703