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Ile Saint-Louis


Saint-Louis Island
Ile Saint-Louis
Paris IVème (France)

Métro : Châtelet , Jussieu, Pont Marie
   Visite virtuelle   6 sections et 4 éléments
Church(es) (1)


Streets, avenues (5)



Rue des Deux-Ponts

Rues, avenues et places - approx. entre 1610 et 1615



Relationship with : Louis IX ( le Saint)
Description   
The Ile Saint-Louis is one of two natural islands in the Seine river, in Paris, France (the other natural island is Ile de la Cité, the Ile des Cygnes is artificial). The island is named after King Louis IX of France (Saint Louis). A peaceful oasis of calm in the busy Paris centre, this island has but narrow one-way streets, no métro stations and two bus stops. Most of the island is residential, but there are several restaurants, shops, cafés and ice cream parlours at street level, as well as one large church, Saint-Louis-en-l'Ile Church.
Histoire   
The island is connected to the rest of Paris by bridges to both banks of the river and by the Pont Saint Louis to the Ile de la Cité. This island was formerly used for the grazing of market cattle and stocking wood. One of France's first examples of urban planning, it was mapped and built from end to end during the 17th-century reigns of Henri IV and Louis XIII.
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