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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.
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Where to stay in Paris 11 Popincourt
Where visitors usually base themselves, and why.
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.
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Northwest of Place de la Bastille
The knot of small bars in the streets running back from Place de la Bastille, several of them keeping a Latin American theme.Find hotels in Northwest of Place de la Bastillerestaurants and wine bars with an urban crowdRue Oberkampf
The street the northern half of the 11th drinks on, lined with restaurants, bars and wine bars rather than with monuments.Find hotels in Rue Oberkampfan evening near Avenue Ledru RollinRue de Charonne
The stretch of rue de Charonne by Avenue Ledru Rollin, closer to something traditionally Parisian than the Bastille bars are.Find hotels in Rue de CharonneHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
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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. Toward Bercy stand the Accor Arena and the Cinémathèque Française.
The Centre Georges Pompidou and the Musée National d'Art Moderne lie toward Saint-Merri, and the Musée des Arts et Métiers in the 3rd arrondissement.
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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What is the best area to stay in Paris 11 Popincourt?
Northwest of Place de la Bastille: the little bars behind the Bastille. Rue Oberkampf: restaurants and wine bars with an urban crowd. Rue de Charonne: an evening near Avenue Ledru Rollin.
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Updated October 2026