Rue Nicolas-Appert

The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street located in Paris, France.

Location

The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée. It is 137 metres (449 ft) long and 15 metres (49 ft) wide.

History

It was constructed in 1985 and named in honor of Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.

The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at number 5.

On 7 January 2015 the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert were attacked by Islamist terrorists. A commemorative plaque on the building records the names of eleven of the twelve people who were killed there. Charlie Hebdo has since moved. In September 2020, there was a stabbing attack outside of the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.

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