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Folie Méricourt, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Folie Méricourt is a quarter of Paris around Saint-Ambroise, with Gymnase Japy and the piscine Oberkampf close and Musée Picasso within a walk.
About Folie Méricourt
Where to stay in Folie Méricourt
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Carnavalet and Picasso set the terms here. A room here puts Musée Carnavalet, Musée Picasso and the Maison de Victor Hugo on one side of the walk, with Saint-Ambroise and the piscine Oberkampf on the other. Ménilmontant is the further neighbour, marked by Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix de Ménilmontant and the Musée Édith Piaf. Streets here are residential rather than monumental, so the deciding question is how long a walk to Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux or the Museum of French History a visitor will accept.
About Folie Méricourt
What are the main landmarks in Folie Méricourt?
Museums crowd the streets around. Musée Carnavalet, Musée Picasso, Musée Cognacq-Jay and the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature stand within one walk, with the Maison de Victor Hugo and the Museum of National Archives just past them. Smaller collections sit closer in.
The Musée du Fumeur, Musée de la Serrure, Musée Édith Piaf and Institut Tessin cover the narrower subjects, and the Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation takes photography. Saint-Ambroise anchors the churches.
What is the history of Folie Méricourt?
Townhouses carry the earliest record. Hôtel Hérouet, Hôtel Cornuel, Hôtel de Fontenay, Hôtel Mégret de Sérilly and Hôtel Mortier de Sandreville survive on the streets around Folie Méricourt, five houses each entered in the record under its own name. Churches mark another layer.
Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux stands beside the abbaye Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, Saint-Denys-of-the-Sacrament Church holds a separate address, and Temple names the quarter alongside this one. Saint-Ambroise and Gymnase Japy belong to the later city.
Where is Folie Méricourt?
Dense inner-Paris ground. Temple, Ménilmontant and Saint-Ambroise all fall within a short walk of Folie Méricourt.
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Updated September 2026