The Boulevard Richard-Lenoir (), running from the Bastille to the Avenue de la République, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards built by Baron Haussmann during the Second French Empire of Napoleon III.
The boulevard is named after (1765-1839) and (1768-1806), business-partner industrialists who brought the cotton industry to Paris and northern France in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It is the site of a weekly art market and of a bi-weekly fruit and vegetable market that is one of the largest in Paris.
Fictional Georges Simenon's famous detective Jules Maigret and his wife are portrayed as living at 132 Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.Georges Simenon (1948) Maigret et son mort, Presses de la Cité.https://www.trussel.com/maig/plots/cliplot.htm It is now a pilgrimage place for fans.https://www.google.com/maps/place/132+Bd+Richard-Lenoir,+75011+Paris,+France/@48.8658891,2.3694428,167m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x47e66de2d30fb8c1:0xc2ff83c9dc33c38!8m2!3d48.8658882!4d2.3700865!16s%2Fg%2F11rg692z4_?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDkyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
See also Richard-Lenoir (Paris Métro)
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