Boulevard Soult

The boulevard Soult runs from avenue Daumesnil at Porte Dorée to Porte de Vincennes, where it is continued by boulevard Davout.

Boulevard Soult was accessible through the Petite Ceinture bus line. It can now be reached through the tramway Line 3 (Porte de Vincennes, Alexandra David-Néel, Montempoivre, Porte Dorée stations), the Métro Line 1 (Porte Dorée station), as well as RATP bus lines 29, 46, 56, 86 and 351.

In 1859, the military engineering service handed operation of the boulevard to the Paris city council under conditions.[1] Boulevard Soult is part of the Boulevards of the Marshals belt first established in 1861 along the Thiers wall as a replacement for Rue Militaire.

In 1864, the boulevard was named after Jean-de-Dieu Soult (1769–1851), 1st Duke of Dalmatia and Marshal of France.[2]

In the 1930s, HBM-type social housings where built at La Zone to accommodate working-class people that have come through rural flight after WW1. These buildings stretch along a large part of the boulevard, on the outer side between Porte Dorée and Porte de Vincennes. On September 22, 2008, a fire killed a resident and devastated a building at No. 64 boulevard Soult at Porte de Saint-Mandé.[3]

Since December 2012, a new section of the tramway Line 3 has been running on boulevard Soult.

• At no. 27, there was a 16-meter-high and 2.20-meter-circumferential European nettle tree planted in 1906 and classified as a "remarkable tree".[4] This tree no longer exists.[5]
• In the mid-1960s, the southeastern section of boulevard Soult was altered to enable the construction of the lycée Paul Valéry, inaugurated in 1962 at No. 38.
• Square Émile-Cohl and square Georges-Méliès
• Access to the Promenade plantée at the level of rue du Sahel
• No. 101 : Access to Sentier des Merisiers, one of the narrowest streets of Paris, that leads to rue du Niger

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  Square Émile-Cohl
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  The Lycée Paul-Valéry
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  The Montempoivre station of tramway Line 3
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  Tramway line
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  Toward Porte de Vincennes