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Rue Lepic is a street in the former commune of Montmartre, in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, climbing the hill of Montmartre from the Boulevard de Clichy to Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément.
![]() Rue Lepic in 1925, seen from Place Blanche | |
Length | 755 m (2,477 ft) |
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Width | 10 to 14 m (33 to 46 ft) |
Arrondissement | 18th |
Quarter | Montmartre, Grandes Carrières |
Coordinates | 48°53′15″N 2°20′7″E |
From | Boulevard de Clichy |
To | Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément |
Construction | |
Denomination | Decree of 24 August 1864 |
It is an ancient road resulting of the rectification and re-arrangement of several dirt-roads leading to the Blanche barrier (Place Blanche), starting life as the Chemin-neuf (the Chemin-vieux was the Rue de Ravignan). In 1852 it was renamed Rue de l'Empereur, before it was renamed again in 1864, after General Louis Lepic (1765–1827).
Located near the Métro station: Blanche. |
Painter and engraver Eugène Delâtre lived and worked on rue Lepic. He successively occupied addresses n°92, n°87, n°97, and also n°102.
Louis Renault built his first car in 1898,[1] calling his car the Voiturette. On December 24, 1898, he won a bet with his friends that his invention was capable of driving up the slope of Rue Lepic. As well as winning the bet, Renault received 12 definite orders for the vehicle.[2]
On 7 September 1960, Fernand and Jackie Sardou opened their cabaret Chez Fernand Sardou on the road in place of cabaret Belzébuth next to the residence of Utrillo. The cabaret became a preferred meeting place and played to a full house every night. Michel Sardou had his professional début there, firstly as a server.
In the Claude Autant-Lara film, La Traversée de Paris (1956), "Martin" (played by André Bourvil) et "Grandgil" (played by Jean Gabin) were pictured in this road during the German occupation of France transporting a jointed pig destined for the black market.
Yves Montand dedicated to this road the song "Rue Lepic"[3] in the album Yves Montand (1974).
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