Place de Rennes (now Place du 18-Juin-1940)

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public square urban square

Place de Rennes, now known as Place du 18-Juin-1940, is a public square in Paris near Gare Montparnasse, historically noted as the site of the famous 1895 Montparnasse derailment.

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Label	Occurrences
Place de Rennes (now Place du 18-Juin-1940) canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	public square ⓘ public square ⓘ urban square ⓘ urban square ⓘ
adjacentTo	Gare Montparnasse ⓘ
coordinateSystem	located by geographic coordinates in central Paris ⓘ
country	France ⓘ France ⓘ
formerName	Place de Rennes ⓘ
hasCurrentName	Place du 18-Juin-1940 ⓘ
hasFeature	access to Montparnasse railway station ⓘ access to Montparnasse–Bienvenüe metro station ⓘ bus stops ⓘ cafés and shops ⓘ commercial buildings ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	Tour Montparnasse ⓘ
hasNearbyStreet	Avenue du Maine ⓘ Boulevard du Montparnasse ⓘ Rue de Rennes ⓘ Rue de l'Arrivée ⓘ Rue du Départ ⓘ
hasPhotographicLandmark	famous photograph of train crash through station façade in 1895 ⓘ
locatedAtJunctionOf	Avenue du Maine ⓘ Boulevard du Montparnasse ⓘ Rue de Rennes ⓘ Rue de l'Arrivée ⓘ Rue du Départ ⓘ
locatedIn	Paris ⓘ Paris ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	14th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ 14th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ 15th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ 15th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
locatedInNeighborhood	Montparnasse ⓘ Montparnasse ⓘ
locatedOn	Boulevard du Montparnasse ⓘ
namedAfter	18 June 1940 appeal ⓘ Appel du 18 juin ⓘ surface form: Charles de Gaulle's Appeal of 18 June
near	Gare Montparnasse ⓘ Gare Montparnasse ⓘ
notableEventSite	Montparnasse derailment ⓘ surface form: 1895 Montparnasse derailment Montparnasse derailment ⓘ surface form: 1895 Montparnasse derailment
partOf	road network of Paris ⓘ
publicTransportConnection	Montparnasse–Bienvenüe metro station ⓘ
urbanFunction	pedestrian space ⓘ traffic junction ⓘ

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Montparnasse derailment → streetBelow → Place de Rennes (now Place du 18-Juin-1940) ⓘ