List of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris
This is a list of streets in the 1st arrondissement of Paris with etymological information.
A
- Rue Adolphe-Jullien - Adolphe Jullien - director of the Chemins de fer de l'Ouest railway
- Quai Aimé-Césaire - Aimé Césaire - writer and representative of Martinique in the National Assembly
- Rue d'Alger - in commemoration of the capture of Algiers by French forces on July 5, 1830
- Rue de l'Amiral-de-Coligny - Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny
- Allée André-Breton - André Breton - writer
- Place André-Malraux - André Malraux - writer and politician
- Passage Antoine-Carême - Marie-Antoine Carême - chef
- Rue de l'Arbre-Sec
- Rue d'Argenteuil - Argenteuil, a commune in Val-d'Oise
- Pont des Arts - named due to its proximity to the Louvre
B
- Rue Baillet - Jean Baillet, treasurer to Charles V of France
- Rue Bailleul - Robet Bailleul, accounts clerk who lived on the street
- Rue Baltard - Victor Baltard, architect
- Rue Basse - named due to its proximity to Place Basse
- Passage de Beaujolais - named due to its proximity to the Rue de Beaujolais
- Rue de Beaujolais - comte de Beaujolais, a title given to sons of the Duke of Orléans
- Rue Berger - Jean Jacque Berger, prefect of the Seine
- Rue Bertin-Poirée - Bertin Poirée, a resident of the street
- Allée Blaise-Cendrars - Blaise Cendrars, writer
- Rue des Bons-Enfants - Collège des Bons-Enfants
- Rue Boucher - Pierre-Richard Boucher, politician
- Rue du Bouloi - a hotel once situated there
- Impasse des Bourdonnais - named due to its proximity to the Rue des Bourdonnais
- Rue des Bourdonnais - Adam and Guillaume Bourdon, Mathematician
C
- Rue Cambon - Pierre-Joseph Cambon, politician
- Rue des Capucines - a former Capuchin convent
- Place du Carrousel - named for the military carrousel given for the birth of Louis, Grand Dauphin
- Pont du Carrousel - named due to its proximity to the Place du Carrousel
- Rue de Castiglione - Battle of Castiglione
- Rue Catinat - Nicolas Catinat, Marshal of France
- Pont au Change - named for the money changers once established there
- Place du Châtelet - once the site of the Grand Châtelet
- Rue du Chevalier-de-Saint-George - Chevalier de Saint-Georges, musician
- Rue Clémence-Royer - Clémence Royer, philosopher and economist
- Place Colette - Colette, writer
- Rue du Colonel-Driant - Émile Driant, military officer
- Rue Coq-Héron - so named in 1298
- Rue Coquillière - named for a city gate
- Rue de la Cossonnerie - named for an ancient poultry market
- Rue Courtalon - Guillaume Courtalon, a former resident
- Rue Croix-des-Petits-Champs - named for a cross once situated here
- Rue du Cygne - swan
D
- Rue Danielle-Casanova - Danielle Casanova, member of the French Resistance
- Place Dauphine - Louis XIII of France, monarch
- Rue des Déchargeurs - unloaders
- Rue des Deux-Boules - two balls
- Place des Deux-Écus - two Écus
- Passage des Deux-Pavillons - named for the two pavilions at the corner of it and the Rue de Beaujolais
- Rue Duphot - Mathurin-Léonard Duphot
E
- Rue de l'Échelle - named for the Archbishop's ladder
- Place de l'École - school
- Rue Édouard-Colonne - Édouard Colonne, conductor
- Rue Étienne-Marcel - Étienne Marcel, provost of Paris
F
- Allée Federico-Garcia-Lorca - Federico García Lorca, poet
- Cour des Fermes - former location of the Ferme générale
- Rue de la Ferronnerie - named for the ironworks which were located here
- Rue Française - a corruption of the former name of Rue Françoise, named for Francis I of France
- Quai François-Mitterrand - François Mitterrand, President of France
G
- Avenue du Général-Lemonnier - Ḗmile Lemonnier, general
- Voie Georges-Pompidou - Georges Pompidou, President of France
- Impasse Gomboust - named due to its proximity to the Rue Gomboust
- Rue Gomboust - Jacques Gomboust, engineer to the King
- Rue de la Grande-Truanderie - named for duties which were collected nearby
H
- Rue des Halles - named for the central market at its terminus
- Rue de Harlay - Achille Harlay de Sancy, intellectual and diplomat
- Rue Henri-Robert - Henri-Robert, lawyer and historian
- Rue Herold - Ferdinand Hérold, composer
- Quai de l'Horloge - clock
- Passage Hulot - Monsieur Hulot, a former resident
I
- Rue des Innocents - site of the former Holy Innocents' Cemetery
J
- Passage des Jacobins - formerly the site of the Jacobin convent
- Rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau - Jean-Jacques Rousseau, philosopher
- Rue Jean-Lantier - corruption of the old name rue Jean-Lointier
- Rue Jean-Tison - Jean Tison, a 13th-century resident
- Place Joachim-du-Bellay - Joachim du Bellay, poet
- Rue du Jour - day
- Allée Jules-Supervielle - Jules Supervielle, poet
L
- Rue de La Sourdière - Monsieur de la Faye, sieur de la Sourdière
- Rue La Feuillade - François d'Aubusson de La Feuillade, Marshal of France
- Rue La Vrillière - The Hotel de la Vrilliere was located nearby.
- Rue des Lavandières-Sainte-Opportune - the washerwomen
- Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor - Léopold Sédar Senghor, President of Senegal
- Place du Lieutenant-Henri-Karcher - Henri Karcher, member of the French Resistance
- Passage des Lingères - previously the site of the Porte des Lingères
- Rue de la Lingerie - seamstresses
- Rue des Lombards - Lombard moneychangers used to reside there.
- Allée Louis-Aragon - Louis Aragon, poet
- Place du Louvre - the Louvre
- Port du Louvre - the Louvre
- Rue du Louvre - the Louvre
M
- Boulevard de la Madeleine
- Place du Marché-Saint-Honoré
- Rue du Marché-Saint-Honoré
- Rue de Marengo
- Place Marguerite-de-Navarre
- Rue Mauconseil
- Place Maurice-Barrès
- Place Maurice-Quentin
- Quai de la Mégisserie
- Place Mireille
- Rue Molière
- Passage Mondétour
- Rue Mondétour
- Rue de Mondovi
- Rue de la Monnaie
- Rue Montesquieu
- Rue Montmartre
- Rue Montorgueil
- Rue de Montpensier
- Rue du Mont-Thabor
- Rue des Moulins
N
- Pont Neuf - to distinguish it from bridges built previously
O
- Avenue de l'Opéra
- Rue de l'Oratoire
- Quai des Orfèvres
- Rue des Orfèvres
- Rue de l'Orient-Express
P
- Boulevard du Palais
- Place du Palais-Royal
- Rue du Pélican
- Rue Perrault
- Rue de la Petite-Truanderie
- Rue des Petits-Champs
- Place Pierre-Emmanuel
- Rue Pierre-Lescot
- Rue du Plat-d'Étain
- Place du Pont-Neuf
- Rue du Pont-Neuf
- Passage Potier
- Rue des Prêcheurs
- Rue des Prêtres-Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
- Rue des Prouvaires
- Place des Pyramides
- Rue des Pyramides
R
- Rue Radziwill
- Rue Rambuteau
- Passage de la Reine-de-Hongrie
- Place René-Cassin
- Rue de La Reynie
- Passage de Richelieu
- Rue de Richelieu
- Rue de Rivoli
- Rue de Rohan
- Rue Rouget-de-L'Isle
- Rue du Roule
- Pont Royal
S
- Rue Saint-Denis
- Rue Sainte-Anne
- Place Sainte-Opportune
- Rue Sainte-Opportune
- Impasse Saint-Eustache
- Rue Saint-Florentin
- Rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois
- Rue Saint-Honoré
- Rue Saint-Hyacinthe
- Allée Saint-John-Perse
- Pont Saint-Michel
- Passage Saint-Roch
- Rue Saint-Roch
- Rue Sauval
- Boulevard de Sébastopol
T
- Rue Thérèse
- Impasse des Trois-Visages
- Port des Tuileries
- Quai des Tuileries
- Rue de Turbigo
V
- Place de Valois
- Rue de Valois
- Rue Vauvilliers
- Cour Vendôme
- Place Vendôme
- Rue de Ventadour
- Passage Vérité
- Galerie Véro-Dodat
- Rue de Viarmes
- Place des Victoires
- Avenue Victoria
- Rue Villedo
- Rue du Vingt-Neuf-Juillet
- Galerie Vivienne
- Rue Vivienne
- Rue Volney