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Montparnasse, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Montparnasse lies in the south of Paris on the left bank of the Seine, centred where the Boulevard du Montparnasse crosses the Rue de Rennes.
About Montparnasse
Where to stay in Montparnasse
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The crossroads is the point. Rooms near the crossing of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes sit within reach of the Musée Bourdelle, the Musée Zadkine and the Luxembourg Museum, which is a dense museum run for one quarter of Paris. Three arrondissements share it.
Staying towards boulevard Raspail or towards the Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail gives quieter streets than the crossing itself, with the Church of Saint-Sulpice and the Musée Rodin still inside a walk.
About Montparnasse
What are the main landmarks in Montparnasse?
Museums outnumber everything. Montparnasse holds the Musée Bourdelle, the Musée Zadkine, the Musée Maillol, the Musée Rodin and the Luxembourg Museum, along with the Eugène-Delacroix National Museum and the Musée de La Poste. Churches thin the list only slightly.
The Church of Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes, Saint-François-Xavier and the Église Notre-Dame-du-Travail are all entered here, and further collections run to the Musée de Minéralogie, the Musée Pasteur and Mundolingua.
What is the history of Montparnasse?
Paris took it in 1669. That single date is the whole chronology the record supplies for Montparnasse, which the city has since divided between its 6th, 14th and 15th arrondissements rather than keeping whole. The Seine sets the side.
Left-bank ground throughout, the quarter carries the Maison d'Auguste Comte, the Crypte des Missions étrangères de Paris and the Musée Pasteur, buildings that hold what age the entry itself declines to date.
Where is Montparnasse?
Just over a square kilometre of left-bank ground, Montparnasse runs between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail, split across three arrondissements of Paris.
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Updated September 2026