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Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Hôpital Saint-Louis is a quarter of Paris named for the hospital Claude Vellefaux built in 1611 at the request of Henry IV of France.
About Hôpital Saint-Louis
Where to stay in Hôpital Saint-Louis
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Hospital ground, not hotel ground. The quarter is built around the buildings of the Hôpital Saint-Louis and the streets off avenue Claude-Vellefaux, so the beds a visitor finds here are ordinary Paris addresses rather than a hotel district. Goncourt puts the rest of the city within a metro ride.
Visitors with someone in the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris system have the clearest reason to sleep close.
About Hôpital Saint-Louis
What are the main landmarks in Hôpital Saint-Louis?
The list attached to this quarter runs long: the église Saint-Joseph-Artisan, the église Notre-Dame-des-Foyers, the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Buttes-Chaumont and the Temple de la Sibylle among the churches and monuments. Le Plateau appears there too. The Musée des moulages and the Monument à Jean Macé are listed, along with the chalet parisien.
Sports halls take up the rest of it, from the espace sportif Pailleron and the Gymnase Jean-Jaurès to the centre sportif de la Grange aux Belles and the installation sportive de l'hôpital Saint-Louis.
What is the history of Hôpital Saint-Louis?
Claude Vellefaux built the Hôpital Saint-Louis in 1611 at the request of Henry IV of France, and the quarter around it later took the hospital's name. The quarter's own date is missing. The hospital belongs to the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris system, standing at 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux in the 10th arrondissement.
Little else of this ground's past reaches the record.
Where is Hôpital Saint-Louis?
The quarter lies in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, around avenue Claude-Vellefaux and the metro station Goncourt.
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Updated September 2026