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.

Contents 1 History 2 Present Name 3 Closest Métro station 4 Other Attributions

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 its north) and Alma-Marceau (to its south).

___	get off at metro stations: George V, Saint-Philippe du Roule or Franklin D. Roosevelt.

[edit] Other Attributions

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