- Place Monge (Paris Métro)
Infobox Paris metro
Name=Place Monge
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Day=26 April
Year=1931
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Municipality=the 5th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
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Y=105Place Monge is a station of the
Paris Métro . It is named afterGaspard Monge (1746 –1818 ), a Frenchmathematician and inventor ofdescriptive geometry .The station is located under
Place Monge , in the5th arrondissement , in the eastern part of theLatin Quarter . Although close to the bustle of nearby restaurants and the lively street market of the Rue Mouffetard, Place Monge is in general fairly calm, apart from its scheduled food market.On one side of the square lies the entrance of a Republican Guard
barracks .
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