The Rue Saint-Martin is a street located in the 3rd and 4th arrondissements of Paris.
Location Currently, this 1,420-meter-long street spans the 3rd Arrondissement (comprising the Arts-et-Métiers and Sainte-Avoye districts) and the 4th Arrondissement (Saint-Merri district). It begins at 8–12 Quai de Gesvres and ends at 1 Boulevard Saint-Denis and 55 Boulevard Saint-Martin. Rue Saint-Martin continues northward beyond the Porte Saint-Martin as Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin. It is served by Metro Line 4 at the Châtelet, Les Halles, Étienne Marcel, Réaumur-Sébastopol, and Strasbourg-Saint-Denis stations.
Origin of the name It takes its name from the former Priory of Saint-Martin-des-Champs—now part of the Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (CNAM)—to which it leads.
Bibliography Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris. Félix et Louis Lazare, Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues de Paris et de ses monuments. Henri Lemoine, La Rue Saint-Martin, des origines à nos jours, Mona Lisait, 1997, . Jean de La Tynna, Dictionnaire topographique, étymologique et historique des rues de Paris, 1817.
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fr:Rue Saint-Martin (Paris)