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Passy () is an area of
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, located in the 16th arrondissement, on the Right Bank. It is home to many of the city's wealthiest residents. Passy was a commune on the outskirts of Paris. In 1658, hot springs were discovered around which spa facilities were developed. This attracted Parisian society and English visitors, some of whom made the area, which combined attractive countryside with both modest houses and fine residences, their winter retreat. The population was 2,400 in 1836, 4,545 in 1841, but larger in summer. In 1861 the population was 11,431. Passy's population was 17,594 when it was absorbed into Paris along with several other communities in 1860.


Notable people

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Alexandre Le Riche de La Poupelinière Alexandre Jean Joseph Le Riche de La Pouplinière, sometimes also written Popelinière ou Poupelinière (Paris, 1693 – 5 December 1762) was an immensely wealthy '' fermier général'', the only son of his father, Alexandre Le Riche (1663-17 ...
(1693–1762), French tax farmer and music patron *
Niccolò Piccinni Niccolò Piccinni (; 16 January 1728 – 7 May 1800) was an Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera. Although he is somewhat obscure today, Piccinni was one of the most popular composers of opera—particularly th ...
(1728–1800), Italian composer * Louis-Guillaume Le Veillard (1733–1794), aristocrat *
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(1749–1792), Savoyan princess * General Charles Edward Jennings de Kilmaine (1751–1799), Irish soldier and revolutionary * Seymour Fleming (1758–1818), British noblewoman * Pierre Baillot (1771–1842), French violinist and composer * Jean François Boissonade de Fontarabie (
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
, 12 août 1774 - Passy, 8 septembre 1857), French historian. *
Pierre Bretonneau Pierre-Fidèle Bretonneau (3 April 1778 – 18 February 1862) was a French medical doctor. Biography Born in Saint-Georges-sur-Cher, in the Loir-et-Cher département. His father was a surgeon. He studied with his uncle, the vicar at Chenoncea ...
(1778–1862), French medical doctor *
Antoine-Henri Jomini Antoine-Henri Jomini (; 6 March 177922 March 1869) was a Swiss military officer who served as a general in French and later in Russian service, and one of the most celebrated writers on the Napoleonic art of war. Jomini's ideas are a staple at ...
(1779–1869), Swiss army officer * Alphonse de Lamartine (1790–1869), French poet and politician *
Gioachino Rossini Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer who gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano pieces, and some sacred music. He set new standards ...
(1792–1868), Italian composer *
Paul de Kock Charles Paul de Kock (May 21, 1793 in Passy, Paris – April 27, 1871 in Paris) was a French novelist. Although one of the most popular writers of his day in terms of book sales, he acquired a literary reputation for low-brow output in poor taste ...
(1793–1871), French novelist * Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850), French novelist and playwright *
Alfred Des Essarts Alfred des Essarts (9 August 1811 – 18 May 1893) was a 19th-century French poet, translator, playwright and writer, the father of Emmanuel des Essarts. Biography A curator at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, a journalist at ''La F ...
(1811–1893), French playwright and poet * Marc Bonnehée (1828–1886), French opera singer *
Camille Pissarro Jacob Abraham Camille Pissarro ( , ; 10 July 1830 – 13 November 1903) was a Danish-French Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist painter born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then in the Danish West Indies). ...
(1830–1903), French painter * Virginia Oldoini, Countess di Castiglione (1837–1899), Italian aristocrat * Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929), French politician, physician, and journalist * Berthe Morisot (1841–1895), French painter * William Kissam Vanderbilt (1849–1920), American businessman * Eugène Demets (1858–1923), French music publisher * Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861–1942), French painter *Comtesse de Buyer-Mimeure, the former Miss Daisy Polk 1917), American activist * Léa Seydoux (1985), French actress


Benjamin Franklin in Passy

Passy was the home of
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during the nine years that he lived in France during the
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, when he represented American interests and sought French support for American independence. For much of this time, he was a lodger in the home of Monsieur de Chaumont. Franklin established a small
printing press A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. It marked a dramatic improvement on earlier printing methods in which the ...
in his lodgings to print pamphlets and other material as part of his mandate to maintain French support for the revolution. He called it the Passy Press. Among his printing projects, he produced
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he called ''Bagatelles'' and passports. He developed a typeface known as "le Franklin". He also printed a 1782 treatise by Pierre-André Gargaz titled ''A Project of Universal and Perpetual Peace'', which laid out a vision for maintaining a permanent peace in
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. It proposed a central governing council composed of representatives of all the nations of Europe to arbitrate international disputes. He also worked on his scientific projects at a laboratory he shared with others, which had been installed by
Louis XV Louis XV (15 February 1710 – 10 May 1774), known as Louis the Beloved (french: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1 September 1715 until his death in 1774. He succeeded his great-grandfather Louis XIV at the age of five. Until he reache ...
in the
Château de la Muette The Château de la Muette () is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. Three châteaux have been located on the site since a hunting lodge was transformed into the first château fo ...
. When Franklin returned to America, the new American Ambassador to France,
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, wrote: "When he left Passy, it seemed as if the village had lost its patriarch." To this day, a street in Passy bears the name Rue Benjamin Franklin.


Artists of Passy

The painting Albert Gleizes painting '' Les ponts de Paris (Passy), The Bridges of Paris (Passy)'', housed in the collection of the Museum Moderner Kunst ( mumok), Vienna, refers to the spirit of solidarity among the newly formed "Artists of Passy", during a time when factions had begun to develop within Cubism. ''Les Artistes de Passy'' consisted of a diverse grouping of
avant-garde The avant-garde (; In 'advance guard' or ' vanguard', literally 'fore-guard') is a person or work that is experimental, radical, or unorthodox with respect to art, culture, or society.John Picchione, The New Avant-garde in Italy: Theoretica ...
artistes (painters, sculptors and poets), including several who previously held meetings in 1910 at the rue Visconti studio of Henri Le Fauconnier. Their first diner presided over by neo-symbolist Paul Fort was held at the house of Balzac, rue Raynouard, in the presence of Guillaume Apollinaire,
Raymond Duchamp-Villon Raymond Duchamp-Villon (5 November 1876 – 9 October 1918) was a French sculptor. Life and art Duchamp-Villon was born Pierre-Maurice-Raymond Duchamp in Damville, Eure, in the Normandy region of France, the second son of Eugène and Lucie Duch ...
, Marie Laurencin, Henri Le Fauconnier, Fernand Léger, André Mare,
Jean Metzinger Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1 ...
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Francis Picabia Francis Picabia (: born Francis-Marie Martinez de Picabia; 22January 1879 – 30November 1953) was a French avant-garde painter, poet and typographist. After experimenting with Impressionism and Pointillism, Picabia became associated with Cubism ...
, Henry Valensi, and Jacques Villon.''Cubisme, 1912", Archives, Grande Encyclopédie Larousse
/ref> Albert Gleizes chose Passy as the subject of this painting.


Places in Passy

There is now a ''rue Benjamin Franklin'' and a ''square de Yorktown'' near the Trocadéro. A lively street in the area is Rue de Passy, which goes from La Muette to the Place de Costa Rica just behind the Trocadéro. It has boutiques and chain stores along its length. The Cimetière de Passy, located at 2, rue du Commandant Schœlsing, is the burial place for many well-known persons including American silent film star Pearl White, the painters
Édouard Manet Édouard Manet (, ; ; 23 January 1832 – 30 April 1883) was a French modernist painter. He was one of the first 19th-century artists to paint modern life, as well as a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Bor ...
and Berthe Morisot, and composer Claude Debussy. Honoré de Balzac lived and wrote in Passy, and his house is now a museum (
Maison de Balzac The Maison de Balzac ( en, Balzac's House) is a writer's house museum in the former residence of French novelist Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). It is located in the 16th arrondissement at 47, rue Raynouard, Paris, France, and open daily except ...
). The apartment in which
Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor. Considered one of the most influential actors of the 20th century, he received numerous accolades throughout his career, which spanned six decades, including two Academ ...
trysts with Maria Schneider in Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film '' Last Tango in Paris'' was located in Passy.


See also

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Auteuil-Neuilly-Passy Neuilly-Auteuil-Passy, sometimes also referred to just as Passy-Auteuil, refers to an area covering the westernmost part of the city of Paris and a neighbouring suburban community. This area is commonly known as one of the richest in Paris, with ...
* Théodore Année * Madame Brillon


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* {{authority control Districts of Paris 16th arrondissement of Paris Former communes of Seine