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La Chapelle, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
La Chapelle was a commune of the Seine department from 1790 until Paris took it in 1860; Saint-Denys de la Chapelle still holds its core.
About La Chapelle
Where to stay in La Chapelle
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Rooms in La Chapelle line up either side of Saint-Denys de la Chapelle and Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle, with Les Jardins d'Eole giving the quarter its main stretch of open ground. Two pools serve it. The piscine municipale des Amiraux and the piscine municipale Hebert sit within the same quarter.
Sport carries on at the Centre sportif des Poissonniers and the Stade Porte de la Chapelle.
About La Chapelle
What are the main landmarks in La Chapelle?
Churches came with the commune. Saint-Denys de la Chapelle, Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle, Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc and the Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-des-Buttes-Chaumont all stand within the quarter, a set of four that outlasted the municipality itself. The Musée des transports urbains parisiens covers a different subject entirely.
Green and water follow: Les Jardins d'Eole, the square Petit and the base nautique de la Villette. A chalet parisien is listed here too, alongside the Gymnase Jean-Jaurès and the centre sportif Mathis.
What is the history of La Chapelle?
The Revolution renamed it. La Chapelle existed as a commune of the Seine department from 1790, took the name La Chapelle-Franciade during the French Revolution, and was incorporated into Paris in 1860. Other names attached to the same place: La Chapelle-Saint-Denis and La Chapelle-Sainte-Geneviève.
Saint-Denys de la Chapelle keeps the commune's name in its own, as does Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle a short way off.
Where is La Chapelle?
La Chapelle forms part of Paris around Saint-Bernard de la Chapelle and Les Jardins d'Eole, with the Stade Porte de la Chapelle at its outer limit.
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Updated September 2026