Rue d'Alésia

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Rue d'Alésia

Shown within Paris

Arrondissement 14th

48°49′39″N 2°20′4″ECoordinates:
Coordinates
48°49′39″N 2°20′4″E

From Rue de Tolbiac

To Rue de Vouillé

Rue d'Alésia is a major street in the south of Paris, which runs along the entire east-west length of
the 14th arrondissement. It is one of the few streets in Paris named after a French defeat, or more
precisely, a Gallic defeat: the Battle of Alesia. Lined with acacia trees, the street extends to the east
as Rue de Tolbiac into the 13th arrondissement, and to the west as Rue de Vouillé into the 15th
arrondissement. It intersects Avenue du Général Leclerc at the Place Victor et Hélène Basch (or
simply Alésia), the location of the Église Saint Pierre de Montrouge, as well as of the Alésia Métro
station.