Boulevard Soult


The Boulevard Soult is a boulevard in the Bel-Air neighborhood in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is one of the Boulevards of the Marshals that run in the outer parts of the city.

Description

The boulevard Soult runs from avenue Daumesnil at to Porte de Vincennes, where it is continued by boulevard Davout.
Boulevard Soult was accessible through the Petite Ceinture bus line. It can now be reached through the tramway Line 3, the Métro Line 1, as well as RATP bus lines 29, 46, 56, 86 and 351.

History

In 1859, the military engineering service handed operation of the boulevard to the Paris city council under conditions. Boulevard Soult is part of the Boulevards of the Marshals belt first established in 1861 along the Thiers wall as a replacement for Rue Militaire.
In 1864, the boulevard was named after Jean-de-Dieu Soult, 1st Duke of Dalmatia and Marshal of France.
In the 1930s, HBM-type social housings where built at La Zone to accommodate working-class people that have come through rural flight after WW1. These buildings stretch along a large part of the boulevard, on the outer side between and Porte de Vincennes. On September 22, 2008, a fire killed a resident and devastated a building at No. 64 boulevard Soult at Porte de Saint-Mandé.
Since December 2012, a new section of the tramway Line 3 has been running on boulevard Soult.

Notable buildings and landmarks