Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui

Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui
Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui is located in Paris
Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui
Shown within Paris
Length1,040 m (3,410 ft)
Width68 to 70 m (223 to 230 ft)
Arrondissement13th
Coordinates48°49′48″N 2°20′51″E / 48.83000°N 2.34750°E / 48.83000; 2.34750
From12, place d'Italie
To77, rue de la Santé
Construction
Denomination17 janvier 1905

The Boulevard Auguste-Blanqui is a boulevard in the 13th arrondissement of Paris. It is one of the main arteries linking the Place d'Italie with the Place Denfert-Rochereau.

The boulevard is 1040 metres long, and approximately 70 metres wide, it starts from the Place d'Italie and extends to Rue de la Santé, on the edge of the 14th arrondissement, where it becomes the Boulevard Saint-Jacques. It traverses the former valley of the Bièvre.

The boulevard is named after the French thinker and socialist revolutionary Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805–1881).

Located near the Métro stationsPlace d'ItalieGlacièreSaint-Jacques and Corvisart.