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{{Short description|Square in Paris, France}}
{{About|the area of Paris|the Paris Métro station which serves it|Place de Clichy (Paris Métro)}}
{{Unreferenced|date=June 2025}}
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{{Infobox street
| name = Place de Clichy
| image = 
| image_size = 230px
| image_alt = 
| caption = The Place de Clichy c.1930; note the tramways of the RATP
| map_type = France Paris
| map_size = 265
| coordinates = {{coord|48.883519|2.327394|type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| arrondissement =  [[8th arrondissement of Paris|8th]], [[9th arrondissement of Paris|9th]], [[17th arrondissement of Paris|17th]], [[18th arrondissement of Paris|18th]]
| quarter = Europe . Saint-Georges . Batignolles . Grandes Carrières 
| terminus_a = 
| terminus_b = 
| length = {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|60|m|abbr=on}}
| completion_date = Ord. of the Bureau des Finances on 16 January 1789
| inauguration_label = Denomination
| inauguration_date = Arr. on 30 December 1864
}}

[[Image:Place de Clichy.jpg|right|thumb|Nightfall in the Place de Clichy]]

The '''Place de Clichy''' ({{IPA|fr|plas də kliʃi}}), also known as "Place Clichy", is situated in the northwestern quadrant of [[Paris]].  It is formed by the intersection of the [[Boulevard de Clichy]], the Avenue Clichy, the Rue Clichy, the [[Batignolles|Boulevard des Batignolles]], and the Rue d'Amsterdam.

It lies at the former site of the ''barrière de Clichy'', an ancient portal in the [[Wall of the Farmers-General]], leading to the village of [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]], outside the wall.

==Description==
The Place de Clichy is one of the few places in Paris where four arrondissements (the 8th, 9th, 17th, and 18th) meet at a single point. (The others are the [[Pont Saint-Michel]], where the 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th meet, and the [[Belleville, Paris|Belleville]] roundabout, where the 10th, 11th, 19th and 20th come together.)

The Place de Clichy is also unusual in that it has been untouched by urban planners.  This explains the heterogeneous façades{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} of the buildings in the area. The Place de Clichy has the character of a substantial crossroads, rather than that of a real ''place'' (public square).

Surrounding the Place de Clichy is a lively array of shops, restaurants, and businesses, including a popular cinema. It is a hive of activity, both day and night.

==History==
In March 1814, at the close of the [[First French Empire]], 800,000 soldiers of various foreign armies marched on Paris. After breaking through the barriers at Belleville and [[Pantin]], they took the hill of [[Montmartre]]. Paris was protected in the north from [[Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine|Clichy]] to [[Neuilly-sur-Seine|Neuilly]], by 70,000 men of the [[National Guard (France)|garde nationale]]. In the face of the advancing enemy, [[Bon-Adrien Jeannot de Moncey|the Maréchal de Moncey]] defended the barrière de Clichy. Moncey amassed 15,000 volunteers, [[tirailleur]]s – students from the [[École polytechnique]] and the [[École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort|École vétérinaire]] – and, despite their inexperience, valiantly resisted the Russian contingent until an armistice was declared on 30 March 1814.

==Monument==
A six-metre-tall bronze statue, executed by [[Amédée Donatien Doublemard]] and dedicated to de Moncey, stands on an ornate pedestal eight metres tall.

==Metro station==

Served by the Place de Clichy Métro station, the area is accessible by lines '''2''' and '''13'''.

[[File:Paris m 2 jms.svg|18px]]
[[File:Paris Metro 13.svg|18px]]

==See also==
{{Portal|France}}
*[[Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens|Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP/Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transports)]]
*[[Tramways in Paris]]

== External links==
{{Commons category|Place de Clichy (Paris)}}
*[http://www.placedeclichy.fr Internet portal]
* [http://www.paris-france.org/carto/nomenclature/8894.nom.html Official nomenclature of Parisian roads] {{in lang|fr}}

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