avenue des Champs-Élysées
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Summary
avenue des Champs-Élysées is an avenue[1]. It ranks in the top 0.85% of avenue entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,412 views/month, #1 of 117).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Quartier des Champs-Élysées[3], Quartier du Faubourg-du-Roule[4], Paris[5], 8th arrondissement of Paris[6]
- Country: France[7]
- Instance of: boulevard[8]
- Named after: Elysium[9]
- Part of: road network of Paris[10]
- Commons category: Avenue des Champs-Élysées (Paris)[11]
- Terminus: place de la Concorde[12], place Charles-de-Gaulle[13]
- Inception: January 1, 1670[14]
- Coordinate location: 48.86967, 2.30786[15], 48.8659, 2.3197[16], 48.873464, 2.296035[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Champs-Élysées[18]
- Commons gallery: Avenue des Champs-Élysées[19]
- Visitors per year: 100,000,000[20]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22]
- Official name: avenue des Champs-Élysées[23]
- Has characteristic: tourist attraction[24]
- Native label: Avenue des Champs-Élysées[25]
- Length: 1910[26]
- Width: 70[27]
- Connects with: rue de Berri[28], place Clemenceau[29], place de la Concorde[30], avenue Dutuit[31], avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt[32], avenue George-V[33], avenue Matignon[34], avenue Winston-Churchill[35], Avenue de Marigny[36], Avenue de Selves[37], place des 44-Enfants-d'Izieu[38], rond-point des Champs-Élysées-Marcel-Dassault[39], rue Arsène-Houssaye[40], rue Balzac[41]
- Permanent duplicated item: Q31173238[42]
- KML file: Template:Attached KML/Champs-Elysees[43]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for avenue des Champs-Élysées include Élysée Palace[44], a city palace[45], in France[46], founded in 1722[47]; Les Champs-Élysées[48], a musical work/composition[49]; Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau[50], a metro station[51], in France[52], founded in 1900[53]; jardins des Champs-Élysées[54], an urban park[55], in France[56], founded in 1785[57]; and Quartier des Champs-Élysées[58], an administrative quarter of Paris[59], in France[60].
Why It Matters
avenue des Champs-Élysées has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for it include Élysée Palace[44], a city palace[45], in France[46], founded in 1722[47]; Les Champs-Élysées[48], a musical work/composition[49]; Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau[50], a metro station[51], in France[52], founded in 1900[53]; jardins des Champs-Élysées[54], an urban park[55], in France[56], founded in 1785[57]; and Quartier des Champs-Élysées[58], an administrative quarter of Paris[59], in France[60].