Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis

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quarter=Porte Saint-Denis and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul
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caption=The Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis is a street in the 10e arrondissement of Paris. It crosses the arrondissement from north to south, linking Porte Saint-Denis to the "Métro" station of La Chapelle and passing the Gare du Nord.

History

The rue du Faubourg-Saint-Denis owes its name to the fact that it is an extension of the rue Saint-Denis to the faubourg or area outside Paris's walls (as marked today by the Porte Saint-Denis). It also marked the eastern boundary of the enclos (later prison) Saint-Lazare.

Historically, this street was an extremely upper-class area, occupied by jewellers and textile merchants, since it was part of the king's processional route to the Basilica of Saint Denis. After the French Revolution the street briefly bore the name rue du Faubourg Franciade in 1793 (with the portion between rue Saint-Laurent and place de la Chapelle being renamed rue du faubourg Saint-Lazare and rue du faubourg de Gloire).

Length

* from the boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle to boulevard de Magenta : 850 m
* between boulevard de Magenta and rue Cail : 520m
* from rue Cail to boulevard de la Chapelle : 300 m

Points of interest

Several institutions are to be found on this road :
* Mistinguett, who has doubtless made this street famous by singing "je suis née dans le faubourg saint-Denis" despite actually having been born in Enghien-les-bains !!!
* The "marchandes de quatre saisons" were typical of this street. They can be seen in the 1961 Jean Luc Godard film une femme est une femme but have since been removed due to causing traffic congestion.
* an old bouillon has become a fashionable brasserie, "Chez Julien", well-known across Paris for its profiteroles ;
* a fashionable 'traiteur', "Julhès" (formerly "Royal-Cabello, "founded and headed by" Henri Lacour" then by "M.Mauduit"), known for its mille-feuilles ;
* the training room of Marcel Cerdan is at number 23 and the "Central sporting club" de Boxe (featured in a scene from the 1954 film "L'Air de Paris") at number 57;
* the Reggiani family hairdressers was at number 83 (Serge Reggiani evoked the street in an autobiographical chanson)

Connecting streets

* Passage Prado, known for its Art déco decoration ;
* Passage Brady, known for its Indian and Pakistani restaurants ;
* Passage de l'Industrie