Rue Nicolas-Appert

The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Rue Nicolas-Appert

Location	Paris, France
From	Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt
To	Rue Pelée

Location

The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris.^[1] It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée.^[1] It is 137 metres (449 ft) long and 15 metres (49 ft) wide.^[1]

History

Rue Nicolas-Appert, one day after the Charlie Hebdo shooting

It was constructed in 1985^[2] and named in honor of Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.^[1]

The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at no. 5.^[3]

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.^[4] In September 2020, there was a stabbing attack outside of the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.