In France, and around the world, many things have been named after Charles de Gaulle.
France Many streets and public buildings in France bear the name of Charles de Gaulle. They include: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport Charles de Gaulle, an aircraft carrier in the Marine Nationale Place Charles de Gaulle, historically known as the Place de l'Étoile, the name of the large plaza around the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. It is frequently referred to as Charles de Gaulle – Étoile, which is the name of the Métro and RER station under it. Avenue Charles de Gaulle, Neuilly, the extension of one of the many avenues in Paris that radiate from the Charles de Gaulle-Étoile In addition, a large number of cities and towns in France have a street and/or a square named after de Gaulle. Considering the number of towns where this is the case, it would be impractical to attempt to list them all here.
Outside France De Gaulle is also commemorated outside France, particularly in street names. These include: Belgium Place Charles de Gaulle (Antoing) Avenue du Général de Gaulle (Brussels) Place Charles de Gaulle (Mouscron) Charles de Gaullestraat (Ronse) Place Charles de Gaulle (Verviers) Pont Charles de Gaulle (Dinant) Brazil Rua Charles de Gaulle (Joinville) Rua General de Gaulle (Osasco ) Rua Charles de Gaulle (São Luís) Avenida General Charles de Gaulle (São Paulo) Rua General Charles de Gaulle (Boa Viagem, Recife) Cambodia Charles de Gaulle Boulevard (Phnom Penh) Charles de Gaulle Street (Siem Reap) Cameroon Avenue du Général de Gaulle (Douala) Chad Avenue Charles de Gaulle (N'djamena) Canada Boulevard De Gaulle (Lorraine) Charles-De Gaulle bridge (Montreal) Place Charles-De Gaulle (Montréal) Charles de Gaulle Obelisk (Montreal) Avenue De Gaulle (Québec) Rue De Gaulle (Longueuil) Chile Avenida Charles de Gaulle (Arica) Calle Charles de Gaulle (Valparaíso) Calle General de Gaulle (Santiago, Chile) Côte d'Ivoire Avenue du Général de Gaulle (Abidjan) Czech Republic Charlese de Gaulla (Prague) Dominican Republic Avenida Charles de Gaulle (Santo Domingo) Egypt Charles de Gaulle Avenue, formerly known as Giza Street, in the Giza area of Cairo Ethiopia General De Gaulle Square (Addis Ababa) Germany Charles de Gaulle Avenue (Berlin) École de Gaulle-Adenauer (Bonn) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Bonn) Charles-de-Gaulle-Platz (Cologne) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Erkelenz) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Landau in der Pfalz) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Munich) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Weißenburg) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Wertheim am Main) Charles de Gaulle Straße (Wiesbaden) Italy Via Charles De Gaulle Licata Lebanon Avenue General de Gaulle (Beirut) Paraguay Calle Charles de Gaulle (Asunción) Mauritius Charles De Gaulle Street (Beau Bassin) Mexico Parque Charles de Gaulle (Guadalajara) Calle Charles de Gaulle, (Naucalpan) Montenegro Bulevar Šarla de Gola (Podgorica) Netherlands De Gaullelaan (Delft) De Gaullestraat (Doetinchem) De Gaullesingel (Ede) Generaal de Gaullelaan (Eindhoven) Charles de Gaullestraat (Roermond) Charles de Gaullestraat (Rotterdam) Poland Rondo gen. Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Warsaw) Aleja Generała Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Wałbrzych) Ulica Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Malbork) Szkoła im. Charles' de Gaulle’a (Gimnazjum nr 122 w Warszawie) (Warsaw) Szkoła im. Charles' de Gaulle’a (Szkoła Podstawowa nr 56, Gimnazjum z Oddziałami Dwujęzycznymi numer 29 i XVI LO) (Poznań) Ulica Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Gdańsk) Ulica Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Tychy) Pomnik Charles'a de Gaulle'a (Warsaw) Pomnik Charles’a de Gaulle’a przy Domu Muzyki i Tańca, tablica pamiątkowa z wizyty (Zabrze) Ulica Charles’a de Gaulle’a (Zabrze) Romania Piaţa Charles de Gaulle (Bucharest) Russia Charles de Gaulle Square (Moscow) Senegal Boulevard du Général de Gaulle (Dakar) Spain Carrer de Gaulle (San Fulgencio) South Africa Charles de Gaulle Crescent (Centurion, Gauteng) Turkey Dögol Caddesi (Ankara) Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle, Ankara United Kingdom Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle (London) United States De Gaulle Street (North and South) (Aurora, Colorado, Fort Worth, Texas) De Gaulle Place (El Paso, TX) De Gaulle Street (Iowa City, IA) General De Gaulle Drive (Algiers, New Orleans, Louisiana) De Gaulle Court (Youngstown, OH) Uruguay Rbla. Pte. Charles De Gaulle (Montevideo)
People Charles de Gaulle, former member of the European Parliament for the National Front Party, was named after his grandfather.
See also Names and terms of address used for Charles de Gaulle
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