Events near Père-Lachaise
- 🏃Paris Sport Dimanches Estivaux: Fitness and Stretching at Place Martin Nadaud, Paris 20
- 🏃Paris Sport Dimanches Estivaux: Fitness and Stretching at Place de la Nation, Paris 12
- 🎨Urban Farmer Paris Activities: September 2026 Program
- 🚶Guided tour: the women of Père-Lachaise
- 🚶Legends and occultism at Père Lachaise - guided tour
Monuments & viewpoints
Père Lachaise Cemetery
Chapel of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Monument to the Dead of Père Lachaise- 🗼Rosselli brothers
église réformée de Béthanie
Monument honoring Czech volunteers fighting in France
Monument to Municipal Workers killed in the Line of Duty
Monument à la mémoire des défenseurs de Belfort 1870-71
Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest cemetery in Paris, France, at 44 hectares. Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Museums & galleries
- 🏛️Nature in Paris's 20th: The 20th's Invisible People
Restaurants in Père-Lachaise
- 🍽️Shingane
- 🍽️Café des Banques
- 🍽️Fukuda Sushi
- 🍽️Christina Pizza
- 🍽️Galerna
- 🍽️Nouilles Amala
- 🍽️Cantine Sicilienne
- 🍽️FocacciAmore
- 🍽️Chantefable
- 🍽️Zagros
Bars in Père-Lachaise
- 🍸Petit Bruit
- 🍸Les Tontons Bringueurs
- 🍸Les Chaises
- 🍸Aux Tables Du Père Lachaise
- 🍸Bar & Beer Ménilmontant
Cafés in Père-Lachaise
- ☕Au Dé 12
Pâtisseries in Père-Lachaise
- 🧁Graine d'Artiste
- 🧁La flûte Gana
- 🧁Garance
- 🧁Maison M & Z
- 🧁Chemin Vert
Bookshops
- 📚Almora
- 📚Mona Lisait
Cinemas, theatres & live music
Théâtre national de la Colline
MK2 Gambetta- 🎤Kiosque en Fête at Square Edouard Vaillant
- 🎭Théâtre des Gémeaux Parisiens
The Théâtre national de la Colline (French pronunciation: [teɑtʁ nɑsjɔnal də la kɔlin]) is a theatre at 15, rue Malte-Brun in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. The closest métro station is Gambetta. Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Markets & delis
- 🧺Marché Belgrand
Parks & gardens
Where the street names come from
- rue Achille — Mr Achille, the owner who had this street opened.
- cité Aubry — M. Aubry, owner of the land on which the street was laid out.
- place Auguste Métivier — Auguste Métivier (1827-1893), physician, municipal councilor for the 20th arrondissement.
- rue Belgrand — Marie François Eugène Belgrand (1810-1878), French engineer and geologist. Inspector general of bridges and roads, director of the water and sewer service of the City of Paris, author of the works diverting the waters of the Vanne and the Dhuis; near the Dhuis reservoirs.
- rue Boyer — Baron Philippe Boyer (1802-1858), physician.
- square Brizeux — Julien Auguste Brizeux (1806-1858), Breton poet.
- place Carmen — "Carmen" is considered the most frequently performed opera in the world. As for the character of Carmen, she embodies a form of defiance and freedom.
- rue Charles Renouvier — Charles Bernard Renouvier (1815-1903), French philosopher.
- impasse Cordon-Boussard — Cordon-Boussard, landowner.
- rue d'Annam — Part of the former French Union situated in Asia.
- rue de l'Indre — River in the Loire basin.
- rue de la Bidassoa — Small river separating France from Spain; near rue des Pyrénées.
- rue de la Chine — This name dates from the beginning of the 19th century.
- rue de la Cour des Noues — In memory of the small ponds fed by the springs of Ménilmontant, which flowed into the park of the château de Bagnolet.
- villa de la Saulaie — Street extensively planted with white willows.
- rue de Lesseps — Ferdinand de Lesseps (1805-1894), French diplomat and administrator, who directed the cutting of the Suez Canal; near the former rue de Suez, today the impasse Suez.
- boulevard de Ménilmontant — Runs alongside the former village of Ménilmontant.
- rue de Tlemcen — Town in Algeria, occupied by General Clausel on 13 January 1836.
- rue des Amandiers — Street continuing the former rue des Amandiers (which became the rue du Chemin Vert), which had been cut through land known as des Amandiers.
- cité des Écoles — In the vicinity of a school.
- rue des Gâtines — A place name; gâtine, in Old French, means a deserted place or land lying fallow.
- villa des Houseaux — Close to a locality called "les Osieaux", formerly "les Houzeaux", whose plot shape recalled that of houseaux, the tall leather gaiters used for riding.
- villa des Lyanes — Near the rue des Lyanes.
- rue des Mûriers — A formerly rural district.
- rue des Partants — Local place name.
- rue des Pruniers — A plantation of plum trees.
- rue des Pyrénées — Mountain range separating France and Spain; a hilly district.
- passage des Rondeaux — Near the rue des Rondeaux.
- rue des Rondeaux — Local place name.
- rue des Rondonneaux — Local place name.
- passage des Soupirs — Rural setting.
- rue Désirée — Name of an owner.
- rue du Cambodge — Part of the former French Union located in Asia; near the rue de la Chine.
- rue du Cher — River in the Loire basin.
- rue du Japon — Empire of Asia; near the rue de la Chine.
- chemin du Parc de Charonne — Near the former château of Charonne.
- avenue du Père Lachaise — Leads to the Père Lachaise cemetery. Père Lachaise was the confessor of Louis XIV.
- rue du Repos — Near the Père Lachaise cemetery.
- rue du Retrait — Alteration of the name of a former vineyard (ratrait).
- cité Dubourg — Mr. Dubourg, owner.
- passage Duris — In the vicinity of the rue Duris.
- rue Duris — Former local name.
- rue Élisa Borey — Name of a property owner.
- place Émile Landrin — Emile Landrin (1841-1914), municipal councillor for the arrondissement.
- rue Émile Landrin — Emile Landrin (1841-1914), municipal councillor for the arrondissement.
- rue Eugénie Legrand — Eugénie Augustine Jeanne Marie Legrand (1898-1933), nurse, who lost her life in the line of duty.
- impasse Éveillard — Mr Eveillard, landowner.
- rue Fernand Léger — Fernand Léger (Argentan, 1881-Gif-sur-Yvette, 1955), French painter, draughtsman, engraver and decorator.
- place Gambetta — Near the avenue Gambetta.
- rue Gasnier-Guy — Name of an owner.
- villa Godin — Mr Godin, owner.
- villa Hardy — Alexandre Hardy (1570-1632), French poet and playwright.
- place Henri Matisse — Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 1869-Nice, 1954), French painter, draughtsman and sculptor.
- rue Houdart — Name of an owner.
- villa Industrielle — Lined with workshops.
- rue Jacques Prévert — Jacques Prévert (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1900-Omonville-la-Petite, Manche, 1977), French poet and screenwriter.
- place Joseph Epstein — Joseph Epstein (Zamosc (Poland), 1911-Mont Valérien, 1944). A member of the Communist Party from the age of 14; he emigrated to France in 1931, where he studied law. He took part in the Spanish Civil War, in which he was appointed artillery commander under the pseudonym Joseph André. In 1943 he became head of the FTP for Paris and its region under the pseudonym "colonel Gilles". Arrested on 16 …
- rue Juillet — Mr Juillet, property owner.
- rue Laurence Savart — Laurence Savart, daughter of the owner who created the street.
- rue Leuck Mathieu — Name of a landowner.
- rue Ligner — Mr Ligner, landowner.
- rue Lisfranc — Jacques Lisfranc (1788-1847), French surgeon; near the Tenon hospital.
- rue Louis-Nicolas Clérambault — Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (Paris, 1676-Paris, 1749), French composer and organist.
- rue Lucien Leuwen — Character and title of a novel by Stendhal. Near the rue Stendhal.
- rue Malte Brun — Malte Conrad Brunn, known as Malte Brun (1775-1826), Danish publicist and geographer.
- place Martin Nadaud — Martin Nadaud (1815-1898), French politician.
- rue Max Ernst — Max Ernst (Bruhl, 1891-Paris, 1976), French painter, draughtsman, sculptor and writer of German origin.
- allée Mireille Knoll — Mireille Knoll, born Mireille Ozana Kerbel (Paris, 1932 - Paris, 2018), a retired woman, murdered in her home, victim of an antisemitic act.
- allée Nicole Girard-Mangin — Nicole Girard-Mangin, born Charlotte Florence Nicolette Mangin (Paris, 1878 - Paris, 1919), the only woman doctor posted to the front during the First World War.
- impasse Orfila — Near the rue Orfila.
- rue Orfila — Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (1787-1853), French physician of Spanish origin; near the Tenon hospital.
- rue Pierre Bayle — Pierre Bayle (1647-1706), French philosopher.
- rue Ramus — Pierre de la Ramée, known as Ramus (1515-1572), French philosopher.
- rue Raoul Dufy — Raoul Dufy (Le Havre, 1877-Forcalquier, 1953), French painter, engraver and draughtsman.
- rue Robineau — Name of the owner.
- rue Soleillet — Paul Soleillet (1842-1886), French explorer, planted the national flag at Obock.
- rue Sorbier — Count Jean Barthélemot Sorbier (1762-1827), major general; the rue Sorbier formerly led to the military road.
- villa Souchet — Mr. Souchet, landowner.
- rue Spinoza — Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677), Dutch philosopher.
- allée Stefa Skurnik — Stefa Skurnik, born Régine Lembergier (Skierniewice (Poland), 1917-Paris, 2014), a Polish woman engaged in the French Resistance.
- passage Stendhal — Near the rue Stendhal.
- rue Stendhal — Marie Henri Beyle (1783-1842), French man of letters, known under the pseudonym Stendhal.
- villa Stendhal — Near the rue Stendhal.
- allée Suzanne Noël — Suzanne Noël, born Suzanne Blanche Marguerite Gros (Laon (Aisne), 1878 - Paris, 1954), pioneer of cosmetic surgery and feminist. Decorated with the Legion of Honour.
- passage Thomas Sankara — Thomas Sankara (Yako (Upper Volta), 1949 - Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), 1987), head of state of the Republic of Upper Volta, renamed Burkina Faso, from 4 August 1983 until his assassination on 15 October 1987.
- rue Villiers de l'Isle Adam — Villiers de l'Isle Adam (1840-1889), man of letters.
- allée Zabel Essayan — Zabel Essayan, born Hovhanessian (Constantinople (Turkey), 1878-1943), Armenian woman of letters and human rights activist.
Source: City of Paris, official street names (ODbL).
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