Rue Nicolas-Appert
The Rue Nicolas-Appert is a street in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Location
The street is located in the Saint-Ambroise neighbourhood of the 11th arrondissement of Paris. It starts at the Passage Sainte-Anne Popincourt and runs all the way to the Rue Pelée. It is long and wide.History
It was constructed in 1985 and named in honor of Nicolas Appert, a French businessman who invented airtight food preservation.The Comédie Bastille, a theatre, is located at no. 5.
On 7 January 2015, the offices of the satirical weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo at 10 rue Nicolas-Appert were attacked by Islamist terrorists. A commemorative plaque on the building records the names of eleven of the twelve people who were killed there. Charlie Hebdo has since moved. In September 2020, there was a stabbing attack outside of the former headquarters of Charlie Hebdo.