Rue Nicolas-Appert

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The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Location

The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.{{Cite web|url=http://www.v2asp.paris.fr/commun/v2asp/v2/nomenclature_voies/Voieactu/6692.nom.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514175330/http://www.v2asp.paris.fr/commun/v2asp/v2/nomenclature_voies/Voieactu/6692.nom.htm|archive-date=2021-05-14|title=rue Nicolas Appert|website=www.v2asp.paris.fr|access-date=2016-04-24}} It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée. It is {{convert|137|m}} long and {{convert|15|m}} wide.

History

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It was constructed in 1985{{Cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/streets-paris/823391|title=The Streets of Paris|date=2015-01-19|website=Weekly Standard|access-date=2016-04-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307101449/https://www.weeklystandard.com/article/streets-paris/823391|archive-date=2016-03-07}} and named in honor of Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.

The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at no. 5.{{Cite web|url=http://www.comedie-bastille.com/appert/cms.php?id_cms=1|title=Plan d'accès|website=Comédie Bastille|language=fr|trans-title=|access-date=2016-04-24|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040259/http://www.comedie-bastille.com/appert/cms.php?id_cms=1|url-status=live}}

On 7 January 2015, the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert were attacked by Islamist terrorists. A commemorative plaque on the building records the names of eleven of the twelve people who were killed there. Charlie Hebdo has since moved.{{Cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-choix-de-la-redaction/le-choix-de-la-redaction-lundi-8-janvier-2018|title=Sur les traces de Charlie Hebdo|date=2015-01-19|website=france culture|language=fr|access-date=2019-01-09|archive-date=2019-01-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110013950/https://www.franceculture.fr/emissions/le-choix-de-la-redaction/le-choix-de-la-redaction-lundi-8-janvier-2018|url-status=live}} In September 2020, there was a stabbing attack outside of the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.

References

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