Rue de Sfax

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Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '  N , 2 ° 17'  E

Rue de Sfax
location
Arrondissement 16.
quarter Porte-Dauphine
Beginning 10, rue de Sontay
The End 95, avenue Raymond-Poincaré
morphology
length 83 m
width 12 m
history
Emergence 1882
designation 1886
Original names Rue de Vaudoyer
Coding
Paris 8589

The Rue de Sfax is a 83 meters long and 12 meters wide street in the Quartier de la Porte Dauphine in the 16th arrondissement of Paris .

location

The capture of Sfax, Édouard Detaille

The street begins on Rue de Sontay and leads as a one-way street to Avenue Raymond Poincaré .

Name origin

In 1886 it was given its name, which is still valid today, after the city ​​of the same name in Tunisia , which was captured by French troops in 1881.

history

The street was opened in 1882 and was initially named Rue Vaudoyer in honor of the French architect Léon Vaudoyer (1803–1872) .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "L'insurrection. Sfax sous protectorat français » , www.sfax1881-1956.com