Avenue d'Iéna
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The Avenue d'Iéna is a tree-lined avenue in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, running from the Trocadéro (Avenue Albert De Mun) to the Place de l'Étoile. Passing through Place d'Iéna, Place de l'Amiral de Grasse, Place de l'Uruguay and Place Richard de Coudenhove Kalergi on the way. It is named from the neighbouring bridge across the Seine, the Pont d'Iéna (itself named after the Battle of Iena). It has a length of 1,150 metres (0.71 mi) and an average width of 35 metres (115 ft).
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Quick Facts Length, Width ...
Length | 1,140 m (3,740 ft) |
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Width | 36 m (118 ft) |
Arrondissement | 16th |
Quarter | Chaillot |
Coordinates | 48°52′06.00″N 2°17′44.50″E |
From | 6 avenue Albert De Mun |
To | place Charles de Gaulle (place de l'Etoile) |
Construction | |
Completion | 6 March 1858 |
Denomination | 2 March 1864 |
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The avenue is intersected by:
- At the Place d'Iéna: Avenue du Président Wilson, Rue de Longchamp, Rue Boissière, Avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie;
- At the Place de l'Amiral de Grasse: Rue de Lubeck, Place des États-Unis/Square Thomas Jefferson, Rue de Bassano, Rue Georges Bizet, Rue Freycinet;
- At the Place de l'Uruguay: Rue Galilée, Rue Jean Giraudoux;
- At the Place Richard de Coudenhove Kalergi: Rue Auguste Vacquerie, Rue Jean Giraudoux;
- Rue Newton;
- Rue Dumont d'Urville;
- Rue De la Perouse;
- Rue De Presbourg.
The closest metro stations are:
- Iéna near the southern end of the Place d'Iéna.
- Charles de Gaulle - Étoile at the northern end of the Place Charles de Gaulle - Étoile.