Boulevard Beaumarchais

{{Short description|Boulevard in Paris, France}}

{{Infobox street

| name = Boulevard Beaumarchais

| image = P1150047 Paris III-IV-XI boulevard Beaumarchais rwk.jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|48.8571|N|2.3681|E|source:wikidata|}}

| former_names = Boulevard Saint-Antoine

| namesake = Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

| length = {{cvt|759|yd}}

| width = {{cvt|116|ft}}

| location = Paris, France

}}

The Boulevard Beaumarchais ({{IPA|fr|bulvaʁ bomaʁʃɛ}}) is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris{{Cite web |title=Le boulevard Beaumarchais |url=https://paris1900.lartnouveau.com/paris11/rues/boulevard_beaumarchais.htm |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=paris1900.lartnouveau.com}} and the longest of the Grands Boulevards.{{Cite book |last1=Jacobs |first1=Allan B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BoFLR2RkOSUC&dq=%22boulevard+beaumarchais%22&pg=PA144 |title=The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards |last2=MacDonald |first2=Elizabeth |last3=Rofe |first3=Yodan |date=2003-08-29 |publisher=MIT Press |isbn=978-0-262-60058-3 |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Baedeker (Firm) |first=Karl |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cOkNAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22Boulevard+Beaumarchais%22&pg=PA57 |title=Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers |date=1884 |publisher=K. Baedeker |language=en}} The boulevard is around 700 meters long{{Cite book |last=Fetridge |first=William Pembroke |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=moT_Qt2tzxwC&dq=%22boulevard+beaumarchais%22&pg=PA162 |title=Harper's Handbook for Travellers in Europe and the East |date=1872 |publisher=Harper & Brothers, publishers |language=en}} and 35 meters wide. It was originally named the Boulevard Saint-Antoine but had its name changed in 1831 to honor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,{{Cite web |title=Boulevard Beaumarchais – Left in Paris |url=https://leftinparis.org/places/boulevard-beaumarchais/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |language=en-GB}} whose mansion was built on the boulevard in 1780.{{Cite book |last=Elder.) |first=Edward STANFORD (Publisher, the |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tCiEC6yI5NEC&dq=%22boulevard+beaumarchais%22&pg=PA70 |title=Stanford's Paris Guide; with three maps and a view of the Champs Élysées. New edition, revised and improved |date=1858 |language=en}} The mansion was later seized by the government{{Cite book |last=Unger |first=Harlow G. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ify4RQMxFDIC&dq=%22Boulevard+Beaumarchais%22&pg=PR13 |title=Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution |date=2011 |publisher=UPNE |isbn=978-1-58465-925-9 |language=en}} and demolished in 1818 in order to expand the Canal Saint-Martin.{{Cite web |title=Beaumarchais: a Writer's Wealth - Parcours Révolution, Paris |url=http://parcoursrevolution.paris.fr/en/points-of-interest/13-beaumarchais-a-writer-s-wealth |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=Parcours Révolution |language=en}} The boulevard was renovated in the 1980s.