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The Villa Saïd is a cul-de-sac in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France.[1] It runs for 200 metres from 68, Rue Pergolèse.[1] It is 7,5 metre wide.[1]
The street was built by Mr. Alphonse Hardon, an investor in the development of the Suez Canal, who named it after Sa'id of Egypt.[1][2]
Pierre Laval, who served as the Prime Minister of France from 1942 to 1944, moved into the hôtel particulier at 15, Villa Saïd, in 1917.[3] He was a tenant from 1917 to 1925, and he purchased the townhouse at an auction for 371,339 French francs on July 23, 1925.[3] Prior to the auction, Laval had sued the owner over allegations of dereliction.[3]
Laval's next-door neighbour was French author Anatole France.[3] Anatole France acquired this house, at no. 5, in 1894 and kept it until his death, in 1924.
The Dutch-French painter Kees van Dongen lived and painted at no. 29 after the First World War.
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