Chevaleret: history and sights
Served by: metro line 6.
Did you know?
Named after Rue du Chevaleret, once a locality of Ivry-sur-Seine; the etymology remains obscure (a landowner's name, or 'chevaleret', a lesser knight). The path is attested in 1670; the area joined Paris in 1860.
Anecdote
From 1839 the Paris-Orléans railway company ran a locomotive depot here, drawing workers and factories; after electrification it moved to Ivry in the 1920s.
Around Chevaleret
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, 400 m away — Four glass towers shaped like open books, housing one of the largest document collections in the world.
- Seine à Chevaleret, 200 m away — Landscaped riverbanks, offering a pleasant walk in a rapidly transforming district.
- Quartier Paris Rive Gauche, 1500 m away — A new district of the 13th arrondissement, blending contemporary architecture with converted former warehouses.