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Rue Pierre Charron, Paris

Coordinates: 48°52′10″N 2°18′12″E / 48.86944°N 2.30333°E / 48.86944; 2.30333
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Rue Pierre-Charron
Rue Pierre-Charron as seen from the Avenue George V, April 2011
Rue Pierre Charron, Paris is located in Paris
Rue Pierre Charron, Paris
Shown within Paris
Length320 m (1,050 ft)
Width20 m (66 ft)
Arrondissement8th
QuarterChamps-Elysées
Coordinates48°52′10″N 2°18′12″E / 48.86944°N 2.30333°E / 48.86944; 2.30333
From30 avenue George V
To55 Champs-Elysées
Construction
Completion1804
DenominationOctober 25, 1879

The Rue Pierre Charron (French pronunciation: [ʁy pjɛʁ ʃaʁɔ̃]) is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, near the Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.

History

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This street was once part of a single 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 the Avenue Pierre Ier de Serbie in 1918.

Le Gerny's is the name of a former Parisian nightclub located at 54 rue Pierre-Charron. The nightclub is now mostly known as the venue where Edith Piaf made her professional debut, after its owner and director Louis Leplee spotted her singing on a Paris street, and promoted her giving her the nickname la môme Piaf ("The Little Sparrow") in October 1935, when performing at his club.

Origin of the name

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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

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The Rue Pierre Charron empties into the Avenue des Champs-Elysées about midway 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

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