Rue Pierre Charron, Paris
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  RUE PIERRE CHARRON
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| Arrondissement | VIIIe |
| Quarter | Champs-Elysées |
| Begins | 30 avenue George V |
| Ends | 55 Champs-Elysées |
| Length | 320 m |
| Width | 20 m |
| Creation | 1804 |
| Denomination | October 25, 1879 |
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Rue Pierre Charron is a street in Paris' VIIIe arrondissement, near Paris' Avenue Montaigne high-fashion district.
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[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 the north) and Alma-Marceau (to the south).
[edit] Other attributions
Mentioned in French singer/songwriter Renaud's "Les Charognards."
