Left Bank
The Left Bank in travellers' terms generally refers to the "Left Bank" of the River Seine in the French capital city of Paris. The Left Bank defies precise definition but generally refers to those arrondissements on the southern bank of the river as it flows…Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Orsay Museum
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The Musée d'Orsay is a museum in Paris, France, on the Left Bank of the Seine.
Notre Dame de Paris
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Notre-Dame de Paris, referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Panthéon
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The Panthéon is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Localities in the Area
1st arrondissement
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The centre of contemporary Paris and the site of such landmarks as the Louvre and of the Tuileries…
7th arrondissement
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The 7th arrondissement is perhaps the most expensive area to live in Paris.
2nd arrondissement
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The 2nd arrondissement of Paris is one of the financial centres of Europe, being home to the Bourse and thus the CAC 40 index you hear about in world financial news.
Left Bank
- Type: neighbourhood
- Description: part of Paris on the south bank of the Seine
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.8501° or 48° 51' 0" northLongitude
2.3353° or 2° 20' 7" eastOpen Location Code
8FW4V82P+24Wikidata ID
Q937773Left Bank Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: الضفة اليسرى (باريس)
- Arabic: الضفة اليسرى
- Basque: Ezkerraldea
- Basque: Rive gauche
- Belarusian: Левы бераг
- Bosnian: Lijeva obala
- Bosnian: Rive gauche
- Catalan: Riba Esquerra
- Catalan: Rive Gauche
- Chinese: 左岸
- Chinese: 巴黎塞納河左岸
- Chinese: 巴黎左岸
- Czech: Levý břeh
- Czech: Rive gauche
- Danish: Venstre Seinebred
- Dutch: Rive Gauche
- English: Rive Gauche
- Esperanto: Maldekstra Bordo
- French: Quartier de l'Université
- French: Rive gauche
- French: rive gauche de Paris
- German: Rive Gauche
- Greek: Αριστερή Όχθη
- Greek: Αριστερή όχθη
- Greek: Ριβ γκος
- Hebrew: הגדה השמאלית
- Hebrew: ריב גוש
- Hindi: उत्तरी किनारा
- Hindi: रिव गुश
- Indonesian: Rive Gauche
- Italian: Rive gauche
- Japanese: パリのセーヌ河岸
- Japanese: リヴ・ゴーシュ
- Japanese: レフト・バンク
- Japanese: 左岸
- Korean: 좌안
- Korean: 파리 강남
- Korean: 파리 좌안
- Luxembourgish: Rive Gauche
- Malay: Rive Gauche
- Norwegian: Rive gauche
- Norwegian Bokmål: Rive gauche
- Polish: Rive gauche
- Polish: lewy brzeg
- Polish: lewy brzeg Paryża
- Polish: rive gauche
- Portuguese: Rive Gauche
- Russian: Левый берег
- Russian: Левый берег Парижа
- Slovak: Rive gauche
- Spanish: Margen izquierda
- Spanish: Ribera izquierda del Sena
- Spanish: Rive Gauche
- Turkish: Rive Gauche
- Ukrainian: Лівий берег
- Ukrainian: Лівий берег Парижу
- Urdu: بائیاں کنارہ
- Vietnamese: Rive Gauche
- Vietnamese: Tả ngạn Paris
Other Places Named Left Bank
In the Area
- 6th arrondissement
- Latin QuarterSuburb
- Îlot Saint-SéverinNeighbourhood
- 5th arrondissement
- MontparnasseSuburb
- Faubourg Saint-GermainSuburb
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Left Bank. Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.