Rue Pierre Charron, Paris

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Rue Pierre Charron is a street in Paris' VIIIe arrondissement, near Paris' Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

History

This street was once part of a unique "rue de Morny" that extended until the Place d'Iéna. Already with its present name, its section between the avenue George V and the abovementioned "place" was renamed avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie in 1918.

Present name

Pierre Charron (1541–1603) was a French philosopher, author of "Traité de la Sagesse" ("Treatise on Wisdom"), and a friend of fellow philosopher Montaigne after whom the nearby avenue Montaigne is named.

Closest Métro station

The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the avenue des Champs-Elysées about mid-way between métro line 1 stations George V and Franklin D. Roosevelt. Also nearby are metro line 9's Saint-Philippe du Roule (to the north) and Alma-Marceau (to the south).

Other attributions

Mentioned in French singer/songwriter Renaud's "Les Charognards."