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{{short description|Street in Paris, France}}
{{Infobox street
| name = Rue de Vaugirard
| image = F8899 Paris 15e rue de Vaugirard rwk.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| image_alt = 
| caption = A view of the Rue de Vaugirard in the 15th arrondissement in 2024
| map_type = France Paris
| map_size = 265
| coordinates = {{coord|48|50|34|N|2|18|42|E|source:kolossus-frwiki|display=inline,title}}
| arrondissement = [[6th arrondissement of Paris|6th]], [[15th arrondissement of Paris|15th]]
| quarter = Quartier de l'Odéon<br>Quartier Necker<br>Quartier Saint-Lambert
| terminus_a = [[Jardin du Luxembourg]]
| terminus_b = Porte de Versailles
| length = {{convert|4300|m|abbr=on}}
| width = 
| completion_date = 
| inauguration_label = Denomination
| inauguration_date = 
}}
The '''Rue de Vaugirard''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁy d(ə) voʒiʁaʁ}}; English: Street of Vaugirard) is the longest street inside [[Paris]]'s former city walls, at {{cvt|4.3|km}}. It spans the [[6th arrondissement of Paris|6th]] and [[15th arrondissement of Paris|15th arrondissements]]. The [[Senate (France)|Senate]], housed in the [[Luxembourg Palace|Palais du Luxembourg]], is at 15 Rue de Vaugirard.

==Location==
The Rue de Vaugirard is mostly a one-way street from the southwest edge of Paris (at the Porte de Versailles) towards the [[Latin Quarter, Paris|Latin Quarter]] at the junction of the Boulevard Victor and the Boulevard Lefebvre. Traffic flows in both directions between the Rue de Rennes and the [[Place de l'Odéon]]. Numbering starts in the Latin Quarter, reaching the 400s by the Porte de Versailles. It the longest street in Paris.

==History==
The road, which appeared in the 15th century, led from [[Philip II of France|Philip II]]'s city walls towards the village of [[Vaugirard]]. This route was itself based on an old [[Roman roads|Roman road]].

==Origin of the name==
''Vaugirard'' came from an [[old French]] noun-and-genitive construction ''val Girard'' (Latin: ''vallis Girardi''), meaning "vale of Girard", after an ''[[Abbé]] Girard'', who owned the land over which the road passes.

==Sites of interest==
A substantial portion of [[Paris Métro Line 12|Line 12]] of the Paris Métro follows the Rue de Vaugirard. The following stations have entrances on the road:
*''[[Porte de Versailles]]''
*''[[Convention (Paris Métro)|Convention]]''
*''[[Vaugirard (Paris Métro)|Vaugirard]]''
*''[[Volontaires (Paris Métro)|Volontaires]]''
*''[[Pasteur (Paris Métro)|Pasteur]]''
*''[[Falguière (Paris Métro)|Falguière]]''
*''[[Saint-Placide (Paris Metro)|Saint-Placide]]'' ([[Paris Métro Line 4|Line 4]])

==Gallery==
{{gallery|mode=packed|height=140
|File:Sénat, entrée nord.jpg|The [[Senate (France)|Senate]] on the Rue de Vaugirard
|File:Dôme église Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes 03.jpg|[[Saint-Joseph-des-Carmes]]
|File:Centre-medical-de-l'institute-pasteur.jpg|Medical Centre of [[Pasteur Institute]]
|File:Ministry-of-Agriculture-and-Fishing.jpg|[[Ministry of Agriculture (France)|Ministry of Agriculture and Fishing]], Direction Générale de l'Alimentation
|File:Pantheon-Assas University - Vaugirard.jpg|A campus of [[Panthéon-Assas University]]
|File:La Maison de Poupée.jpg|La Maison de Poupée, 40 Rue de Vaugirard
}}

==See also==
* [[6th arrondissement of Paris]]
* [[15th arrondissement of Paris]]

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[[Category:Latin Quarter, Paris]]
[[Category:Streets in the 6th arrondissement of Paris]]
[[Category:Streets in the 15th arrondissement of Paris]]