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The Quai Anatole-France is a quay on the south bank of the River Seine in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France.
.jpg) Gare d'Orsay at the Quai Anatole-France | |
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| Former name(s) | Quai de la Grenouillière Quai d'Orsay Quai Bonaparte |
|---|---|
| Namesake | Anatole France |
| Type | Quay |
| Length | 585 m (1,919 ft) |
| Width | 19.9 m |
| Location | Paris |
| Arrondissement | 7th arrondissement of Paris |
| Quarter | Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin Invalides |
| Coordinates | 48°51′41″N 2°19′24″E |
| From | Quai Voltaire |
| To | Quai d'Orsay |
At 585 meters long, the Quai Anatole-France begins after the Quai Voltaire, at the level of the Rue du Bac, and continues as the Quai d'Orsay, from the Boulevard Saint-Germain and at the level of the Palais Bourbon.
The Quai Anatole-France is the eastern part of the Quai d'Orsay, bounded by the Pont Royal and the Pont de la Concorde. It took its current name in 1947. Anatole France was familiar with the quays of Rive Gauche: he had lived at 15, quai Malaquais and his father had run a bookstore at 9, quai Voltaire.
First called the Quai de la Grenouillière by the Council decree of 18 October 1704, it had been renamed the Quai d'Orsay by the decision of the Council of 23 August 1707. It was called the Quai Bonaparte by the decree of the Consuls of 13 Messidor year X, and reverted to the name "Quai d'Orsay" in 1815.
The part of the quay between number 5 and the Rue de Bellechasse was named the Place Henry-de-Montherlant in 1982.
