 Avenue de Suffren near metro station Ségur. | |
  Shown within Paris | |
| Length | 1,850 m (6,070 ft) |
|---|---|
| Width | 25 m (82 ft) |
| Arrondissement | 7th, 15th |
| Quarter | Palais Royal. Place Vendôme. Gaillon. |
| Coordinates | 48°51′06″N 2°18′01″E / 48.851628°N 2.300144°E |
| Construction | |
| Completion | 1867 |
The Avenue de Suffren is an avenue situated between the 7th and 15th arrondissements of Paris.
The Avenue de Suffren has one of its extremities at quai Branly and the others at boulevard Garibaldi near place de la République-de-Panama. It is named for 18th century admiral Suffren.
It intersects the avenues La Motte-Picquet, Lowendal, Ségur and Rue Pérignon.
Rue de Buenos-Aires, Avenue Octave-Gréard, Rue Jean-Rey, Rue du Général-Lambert, Rue Desaix, Avenue Joseph-Bouvard, Rue Jean-Pierre-Bloch, Rue Champfleury, Rue de Presles, Avenue du Général-Détrie, Rue de la Fédération, Rue Jean-Carriès, Rue Dupleix, Avenue de Champaubert, Rue du Laos, Rue de l'Abbé-Roger-Derry, Rue Mario-Nikis, Rue Chasseloup-Laubat, Rue Valentin-Haüy, Rue Bellart, Rue Rosa-Bonheur, and Rue Barthélemy have an extremity at Avenue de Suffren.
Metro station Ségur on Paris Métro Line 10 is at the intersection of Avenue de Suffren and Rue Pérignon.
The avenue was opened between what is now quai Branly and avenue de Lowendal when the Champ-de-Mars was built, around 1770. In 1838, the Minister of Finances transferred authority on the avenue to the City of Paris.[1]
In 1867, it was decided to prolongate the Avenue up to Rue Barthélémy and Boulevard de Grenelle (now Boulevard Garibaldi). The Abattoirs de Grenelle slaughterhouse had to be destroyed to allow the project to proceed.
