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Boulevard Beaumarchais
Former name(s)	Boulevard Saint-Antoine
Namesake	Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
Length	759 yd (694 m)
Width	116 ft (35 m)
Location	Paris, France
Coordinates	48°51′26″N 2°22′05″E / 48.8571°N 2.3681°E

The Boulevard Beaumarchais is a boulevard of the 3rd, 4th and 11th arrondissement of Paris^[1] and the longest of the Grands Boulevards.^[2]^[3] The boulevard is around 700 meters long^[4] and 35 meters wide.^[2] It was originally named the Boulevard Saint-Antoine but had its name changed in 1831 to honor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,^[5] whose mansion was built on the boulevard in 1780.^[6] The mansion was later seized by the government^[7] and demolished in 1818^[6] in order to expand the Canal Saint-Martin.^[8] The boulevard was renovated in the 1980s.^[2]

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^ "Le boulevard Beaumarchais". paris1900.lartnouveau.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
^ ^a ^b ^c Jacobs, Allan B.; MacDonald, Elizabeth; Rofe, Yodan (2003-08-29). The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-60058-3.
^ Baedeker (Firm), Karl (1884). Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers. K. Baedeker.
^ Fetridge, William Pembroke (1872). Harper's Handbook for Travellers in Europe and the East. Harper & Brothers, publishers.
^ "Boulevard Beaumarchais – Left in Paris". Retrieved 2023-01-01.
^ ^a ^b Elder.), Edward STANFORD (Publisher, the (1858). Stanford's Paris Guide; with three maps and a view of the Champs Élysées. New edition, revised and improved.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Unger, Harlow G. (2011). Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-925-9.
^ "Beaumarchais: a Writer's Wealth - Parcours Révolution, Paris". Parcours Révolution. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[1] "Le boulevard Beaumarchais". paris1900.lartnouveau.com. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[:0-2] Jacobs, Allan B.; MacDonald, Elizabeth; Rofe, Yodan (2003-08-29). The Boulevard Book: History, Evolution, Design of Multiway Boulevards. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-60058-3.

[3] Baedeker (Firm), Karl (1884). Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland: Handbook for Travellers. K. Baedeker.

[4] Fetridge, William Pembroke (1872). Harper's Handbook for Travellers in Europe and the East. Harper & Brothers, publishers.

[5] "Boulevard Beaumarchais – Left in Paris". Retrieved 2023-01-01.

[:1-6] Elder.), Edward STANFORD (Publisher, the (1858). Stanford's Paris Guide; with three maps and a view of the Champs Élysées. New edition, revised and improved.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[7] Unger, Harlow G. (2011). Improbable Patriot: The Secret History of Monsieur de Beaumarchais, the French Playwright who Saved the American Revolution. UPNE. ISBN 978-1-58465-925-9.

[8] "Beaumarchais: a Writer's Wealth - Parcours Révolution, Paris". Parcours Révolution. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

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