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Paris 11 Popincourt, Paris — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Paris 11 Popincourt is the arrondissement of Rue Oberkampf and rue de Charonne, with the bar streets running back from Place de la Bastille.
About Paris 11 Popincourt
Where to stay in Paris 11 Popincourt
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Two nightlife centres split the arrondissement. The little bars in the streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille pull a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats and foreigners, and many of them run a Latin American theme. Rue Oberkampf is the other.
You want a bed there, or on rue de Charonne near Avenue Ledru Rollin, if the plan is restaurants and wine bars rather than an early night. Neither end is quiet.
About Paris 11 Popincourt
What are the main landmarks in Paris 11 Popincourt?
Monuments are a short walk away, not underfoot. The Musée Picasso, the Maison de Victor Hugo and the Musée Carnavalet are all within the same short reach of a bed here, and the church Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis of Paris and Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais keep the old parishes on that side. Scale changes at the Accor Arena.
The Cinémathèque Française sits with it, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, the Musée National d'Art Moderne and the Musée des Arts et Métiers cover the modern collections a little further on.
What is the history of Paris 11 Popincourt?
Popincourt gives the arrondissement its name. The 11th took its present boundaries in 1860, and it has carried the character of a working quarter rather than a monumental one ever since. Drinking made its later name.
Place de la Bastille anchors one end of that story, Rue Oberkampf the other, and rue de Charonne near Avenue Ledru Rollin belongs to the same account.
Where is Paris 11 Popincourt?
Under four square kilometres of Paris, running from Place de la Bastille out to Rue Oberkampf in the north of the arrondissement.
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Updated September 2026