Avenue de Wagram

The Avenue de Wagram is a street in the 8th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, extending from the Place de Wagram to the Place Charles de Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Étoile, and the site of the Arc de Triomphe). It is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) long and 36 metres (118 ft) wide, and is divided into two sections by the Place des Ternes. It was renamed on 2 March 1864 after Napoleon's 1809 victory at the Battle of Wagram; the section between the Avenue des Ternes and the Place de l'Étoile was formerly known as the Boulevard de l'Étoile or Boulevard de Bezons and the section between the Avenue des Ternes and the Place de Wagram, as Route départementale n°6.

Avenue de Wagram

View of Avenue de Wagram from the Place Charles de Gaulle
Shown within Paris
Length	1,500 m (4,900 ft)
Width	36 m (118 ft)
Arrondissement	8th, 17th
Quarter	Faubourg-du-Roule Ternes
Coordinates	48°52′51″N 2°18′00″E
From	Place Charles de Gaulle
To	Place de Wagram
Construction
Completion	1789 and 1854
Denomination	2 March 1864

History

The street was first opened on 16 January 1789 between the Rue de Tilsitt and the Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Honoré, then on 13 August 1854 was extended to the Place de l'Étoile.

Buildings

Surviving

• Salle Wagram

Destroyed

Notable inhabitants

• Prosper d'Épinay (1836–1914), sculptor (n° 26, in 1910).^[1]
• René Lenormand (1846–1932), composer, father of Henri-René Lenormand (1882–1951), playwright (n° 29, 5th floor).^[2]
• Madame de Thèbes (1845–1916), clairvoyant and palm reader (n° 29) ^[3]
• Albert Roussel, composer (lived at n° 157 in the 1920s).^[4]

Gallery

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  Avenue de Wagram near the Place des Ternes
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  Avenue de Wagram with the Arc de Triomphe in the background