Boulevard de Sébastopol

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streetname=Boulevard de SÉBASTOPOL
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arr1=Ier
arr2=IIe
arr3=IIIe
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quarter=Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois . Halles . Bonne Nouvelle . Sainte-Avoye . Arts et Métiers . Saint-Merri
begins=avenue Victoria
ends=boulevard Saint-Denis
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creation=Déc. du 29 septembre 1854 (UP). Déc. du 23 août 1858 : 1° raccordement des côtés impair et pair avec le côté pair de la rue Greneta; 2° au droit du n° 107 (partie) ; 3° au droit du square Chautemps.
denomination=Déc. du 25 septembre 1855.
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caption= boulevard de Sébastopol todayThe Boulevard de Sébastopol is an important roadway in Paris, France, which serves to delimit the 1st and 2nd arrondissements from the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of the city.

The boulevard is 1.3km in length, starting from the place du Châtelet and ends at the boulevard Saint-Denis, when it becomes the Boulevard de Strasbourg. The boulevard is a main thoroughfare, and consists of 4 vehicular lanes, one of which is reserved for buses.

Although the road is line with some shops and restaurants, its importance is that of a thoroughfare running north-south in central Paris. It separates Le Marais from Les Halles.

History

The boulevard de Sébastopol is one of the most important roads opened up by the Baron Haussmann during his transformation of Paris in the 1850s. It was conceived as a major artery running a north-south axis across Paris, leading to the Gare de l'Est.

The road was christened "Boulevard du Centre" when it was opened in 1854. Following Napoléon III's victory at the port of Sevastopol, in the Crimea of 8 September 1855, it was given its current name.

For several years, the name belonged to the road known since 1867 as Boulevard Saint-Michel, along the Rive Gauche up to Rue Cujas.

See also

* Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)
* Boulevards of Paris

External links

* [http://www.paris-france.org/carto/nomenclature/8894.nom.html Official nomenclature of Parisian roads] fr icon