Quartier du Val-de-Grâce
The quartier du Val-de-Grâce is the 19th administrative district or 'quartier' of Paris, located in the 5th arrondissement of the city. Its borders are boulevard de Port-Royal to the south, boulevard Saint-Michel to the west, rue Soufflot, rue des Fossés-Saint-Jacques and rue de l'Estrapade to the north and rue Mouffetard and rue Pascal to the east.
Val-de-Grâce | |
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| Quartier du Val-de-Grâce | |
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| Country |  France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Ville | Paris |
| Arrondissement | 5th |
| Area | |
| • Total | 0.704 km2 (0.272 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 19,667 |
| • Density | 27,936/km2 (72,350/sq mi) |
The four administrative districts of the 5th arrondissement.
It is named for the Val-de-Grâce military hospital and former abbey on boulevard de Port-Royal.
Transport
- RER B stations:
Notable sites and attractions
- Val-de-Grâce hospital and its church.
- Numerous prestigious institutions of higher education and research:
- École normale supérieure on Rue d'Ulm.
- Institut national agronomique on Rue Claude-Bernard.
- Institut Curie on Rue d'Ulm and Rue Lhomond.
- École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris on Rue Vauquelin.
- École nationale supérieure de chimie de Paris on Rue Pierre-et-Marie-Curie.
- École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs on Rue d'Ulm.
- Institut national des jeunes sourds on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Institut de géographie on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Institut océanographique de Paris on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- The Schola Cantorum on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Places of worship:
- Church of the Val-de-Grâce on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Church of Saint-Jacques du Haut-Pas on Rue Saint-Jacques.
- Lutheran church of Saint-Marcel on Rue Pierre-Nicole.
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