Boulevard de la Chapelle

The Parisian boulevard de la Chapelle borders the 10th district in central Paris from the further outlying 18th arrondissement to north. The Quartier de la Chapelle was a separate municipality until the construction of the road in 1860 and was incorporated in the same year from the capital. Since 1 December 1864, the road has been officially named. It starts on the Boulevard de Magenta and ends at the corner of Rue du Château -Landon and Rue d' Aubervilliers. Further west, the road is called Boulevard de Rochechouart, the eastern extension of the Boulevard de la Villette. With only 1095 meters, it is one of the shortest in the north of Paris boulevards.

The construction of the road falls within the period of the great urban redevelopment under Georges -Eugène Haussmann, in the narrow streets have been replaced by broad, splendid avenues. The Boulevard de la Chapelle is 42 meters wide.

In the middle of the avenue the here applied as a high- Bahn line 2 of the Paris metro runs. In addition, it crosses two major rail tracks of the railroad, on the one hand the supply to the Gare du Nord, a little further east to the Gare de l' Est. The platforms of the Gare du Nord reach right up to the bridge of the Boulevard de la Chapelle. Metro line 2 has on the Boulevard de la Chapelle two stations: Barbès - Rochechouart and La Chapelle.

With the number 37bis which is founded in 1876 Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord with a capacity of over 500 seats An important address on the boulevard. In addition, located at the corner of Boulevard de Magenta, the traditional cinema Le Luxor. The extensive grounds of the Hôpital Lariboisière ranges from the Rue Ambroise Paré from the south with its back to the Boulevard.

Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord

The Boulevard 2006 View in northeast