Claude-Philibert Barthelot, comte de Rambuteau

Claude- Philibert Barthelot, comte de Rambuteau (* November 9, 1781 in Macon, † April 23, 1869 at Château de Rambuteau at Ozolles ) was a French politician and government official during the first half of the 19th century.

Rambuteau was an official at the Conseil d' État (France), peer of France, and especially from 1833 to 1848 prefect of the Seine département. In this role, he laid the foundations for the fundamental transformation of the city of Paris, the Baron Haussmann carried out under the Second Empire.

His mandate as prefect was marked by the implementation of his theories of hygiene. A year before his appointment Paris was hit by a cholera epidemic. Rambuteau held the narrow, winding streets in the center of Paris for a factor that favored the spread of cholera. He led the breakthrough of a 13 meter wide road in the city center, one of the first in the city. This street is called since 1839 Rambuteau. During his tenure, the Arch was completed and started work on the Avenue des Champs- Élysées.

After his motto " de l' eau de l'air de l' ombre " (water, air, shadow ) he let modernize the Paris sewers and ordered the construction of many wells, some of which are still in public gardens in operation. He pushed for the formation of gas lamps and led the planting of tree lined avenues. At the beginning of his tenure, the city had 69 gas lanterns at the end of 8 600 Furthermore, he let vespasiennes build on public roads - public urinals.

Despite a law for the expropriation of public interest from May 3rd 1841 had Rambuteau not have the means or ambitions, the home should allow it later to perform the great works of the city, pointed their way Rambuteau.

• Politicians (France)
• Frenchman
• Born in 1781
• Died in 1869
• Man