![]() Boulevard Haussmann from the Galeries Lafayette terrace. | |
Length | 2,530 m (8,300 ft) |
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Width | 30 m (98 ft) from Rue Drouot and Boulevard des Italiens to Rue de Miromesnil; 33.6 m (110 ft) elsewhere. |
Arrondissement | 8th, 9th |
Quarter | Madeleine. Europe. Faubourg du Roule. Faubourg Montmartre. Chaussée d'Antin. |
Coordinates | 48°52′30″N 2°18′26″E / 48.87500°N 2.30722°E |
From | 1 Rue Drouot and 2 Boulevard des Italiens |
To | 202 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré |
Construction | |
Construction start | October 17, 1857 |
Completion | January 22, 1922 |
Denomination | March 2, 1864 |
Boulevard Haussmann, 2.53-kilometre (1.57 mi) long from the 8th to the 9th arrondissement, is one of the wide tree-lined boulevards created in Paris by Napoleon III, under the direction of his Prefect of the Seine, Baron Haussmann.
The Boulevard Haussmann is mostly lined with apartment blocks, whose regulated cornice height gives a pleasing eyeline to the Boulevard. The department stores Galeries Lafayette and Au Printemps are sited on this street.