Avenue Foch

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arr_num=16e
streetname=Avenue FOCH
x=42
y=58
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arr1=XVIe
quarter=Chaillot. Porte Dauphine.
begins=place Charles De Gaulle
ends=boulevard Lannes
ends2=place du Maréchal De Lattre De Tassigny
length=1300
width=120
width2= in the section surrounded by gardens; 40 m elsewhere.
creation=March 31, 1854
denomination=March 29, 1929
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Avenue Foch is a street in Paris, France, named after Ferdinand Foch in 1929. It was previously named "Avenue du Bois de Boulogne".

It is located in the XVIe arrondissement and runs from the Arc de Triomphe southwest to the Porte Dauphine at the edge of the Bois de Boulogne city park. It is the widest avenue in Paris and is lined with chestnut trees its full course.

ee also

* 84 Avenue Foch
* List of most expensive streets by city

External links

* [http://www.insecula.com/salle/MS02661.html: insecula.com: Avenue Foch (en., fr.)]
* [http://www.parisrama.com/thematiques/thematique_avenue_foch.htm parisrama.com: Avenue Foch (en., fr.)]
* [http://www.paris.org/Musees/Ennery/ paris.org: "Musée National d'Ennery / Musée Arménien" (en.)]