Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré

View of the street in 2005
Length	2,070 m (6,790 ft)
Width	14.50 m (47.6 ft) between rue Royale and rue La Boétie; 13.80 m between rue La Boétie and avenue de Wagram
Arrondissement	8th
Quarter	Faubourg du Roule, Madeleine
From	15-19 rue Royale
To	46 avenue de Wagram and 2 place des Ternes
Construction
Denomination	December 10, 1847

The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is a street in Paris, France. Relatively narrow and nondescript, especially in comparison to the nearby avenue des Champs Élysées, it is cited as being one of the most luxurious and fashionable streets in the world thanks to the presence of virtually every major global fashion house, the Élysée Palace (official residence of the President), the Hôtel de Pontalba (residence of the United States Ambassador to France), the residence of the Canadian Ambassador to France, the Embassy of the United Kingdom, and numerous art galleries.

The rue Saint-Honoré, of which the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is now an extension, began as a road extending west from the northern edge of the Louvre Palace. Saint Honoré, Honorius of Amiens, is the French patron saint of bakers.

History

Until the 18th century, a few villages were dispersed in a rural area that extended west of the Louvre. The main street (a dirt road) of Roule, one of the villages, became rue Neuve-Saint-Honoré; it was lined and surrounded by a few mansions. The passage was upgraded in the 12th century to accommodate the increasing traffic from Paris's central market, Les Halles, to the outer villages. (The market was moved from the center of Paris in 1971 to the suburb Rungis.)

The road extended to the edge or gate of Paris. The passage was renamed rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré when the village became an official suburb of Paris; (foris burgem in Latin means "outside the city."). Originally, the passage extended to the Forêt de Rouvray ("oak forest"), which covered a vast area west of Paris. Remnants of it are the Bois de Boulogne, as well as the 5 100 ha Forêt Domaniale de la Londe-Rouvray in Normandy.

The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré was incorporated into Paris's city limits in 1860.

Contemporary Paris

The newest styles in Paris can come from any number of arrondissements but, depending on tradition, the reliable gauge of style in Paris and high style can be found along 10 blocks of rue Saint-Honoré, from rue Cambon to rue des Pyramides.

Notable buildings

The entrance gate of the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the President of the French Republic

• No. 13: Fabergé et Cie - Fabergé Paris (1924-2001)
• No. 14: The atelier and boutique of couturier Dominique Sirop, who established his enterprise in 1996 and at this location from 2000.
• No. 19: Perfumer Jean-François Houbigant established his shop, "À la Corbeille de Fleurs" ("at the sign of the flower basket"), in 1775.
• No. 22: The flagship store of Lanvin, initially established by Jeanne Lanvin in 1889 and here as a couture establishment after several prior locations.
• No. 24: The flagship store of Hermès, a company of finely crafted goods, established in 1837 and located at the present address since 1880.
• No. 29: The institute and headquarters of Lancôme, the cosmetics brand, established in 1935.
• No. 31: The Hôtel Pillet-Will, the residence of the Japanese Ambassador to France.
• No. 33: The Hôtel Perrinet de Jars, clubhouse of the Cercle de l'Union interalliée, the building as a pair with No. 35, built in 1713.
• No. 35: The embassy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, purchased by the British government in 1947 and altered.
• No. 39: The Hôtel de Charost, the official residence of the British Ambassador to France.
• No. 41: The Hôtel de Pontalba, built by Louis Visconti 1842–1855, now the residence of the United States Ambassador to France, having been purchased by the U.S. government in 1948.
• No. 55: The Élysée Palace, originally the Hôtel d'Évreux, completed and decorated by 1722; where Napoléon signed his abdication in favor of his son on 22 June 1815; and is now the official residence of the President of the French Republic.
• No. 56: The offices of the French edition of Vogue magazine in the Publications Condé Nast Building.
• No. 58: Léo Marciano Paris
• No. 59: Boutique Pierre Cardin.
• No. 69: Galerie d'Art Saint-Honoré.
• No. 71: The former address of Galerie J. Le Chapelin, 1950s (now closed).
• No. 76: Galerie Charpentier, which now houses Sotheby's France.
• No. 96: Ministry of the Interior (on the place Beauvau.)
• No. 101: The flagship shop and tea room of Dalloyau, a luxury gastronomic brand name.
• No. 112: The Hôtel Le Bristol, a luxury hotel.
• No. 130: In mid to late 2017, the Canadian embassy and the Canadian Cultural Centre will relocate to this building, which is undergoing renovation for that purpose.
• No. 135: The residence of the Canadian Ambassador to France, formerly known as the Hôtel de Rigny or the Hôtel de Fels.
• No. 154: Saint-Philippe-du-Roule church.
• No. 222 : Convent of the Dominicans. Organist Adrien Rougier played in the church of the convent.
• No. 235: Artists' studios building by Gustave Eiffel, 1850s.
• No. 252: Salle Pleyel, a concert hall named after Ignace Pleyel, an Austrian-born French composer and piano manufacturer.
• No. 260: Mariage Frères, a luxury tea company founded in 1854.

Bibliography

• Galey, Bernard-Claude, Origines surprenantes des noms de villages, des noms des rues de Paris et de villes de province, Le Cherche Midi, Paris, 2004. ISBN 978-2-7491-0192-7.
• Stéphane, Bernard (author) & Giesbert, Franz-Olivier (Preface), Petite et Grande Histoire des rues de Paris, Albin Michel, Paris, 2000. ISBN 978-2-226-10879-1.
• Thorval, Anne, Promenades sur les lieux de l'histoire: D'Henri IV à Mai 68, les rues de Paris racontent l'histoire de France, Paragamme, Paris, 2004. ISBN 978-2-84096-323-3.

Métro station

The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is:

___	Located near the Métro stations: Saint-Philippe du Roule and Madeleine.

It is served by the 2, 8, 9, 12, and 14 lines.