Observatoire de Paris (Paris)

France / Ile-de-France / Gentilly / Paris

university, observatory, monument, astronomy, education

The Paris Observatory (in French, Observatoire de Paris or Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) is the foremost astronomical observatory of France, and one of the largest astronomical centers in the world.

Administratively, it is a "great establishment" of the ministry charged with higher education, with a status close to that of a public university. Its missions include: research in astronomy and astrophysics; education (four graduate programs, Ph.D. studies); diffusion of knowledge to the public.

It is home to the International Time Bureau, and maintains a solar observatory at Meudon and a radio astronomy observatory at Nançay.

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Coordinates: 48°50'9"N 2°20'8"E

Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital 1.8 km
École Militaire 3.2 km
ENS de Cachan 5 km
National Veterinary School of Alfort 6.6 km
HEC Campus 15 km
Campus from the École Polytechnique 16 km
University of Marne-la-Vallée 18 km
Orsay "Paris-Sud" University Campus (Paris XI) 19 km
National Institut of Agronomy - INA P-G 29 km
Orléans University campus 114 km

Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny 0.2 km
Place Denfert-Rochereau 0.3 km
La Santé Prison 0.4 km
Montparnasse Cemetery 0.7 km
14th arrondissement (Observatoire) 1.1 km
Quartier Montsouris Dareau 1.2 km
Parc Montsouris 1.5 km
Tunnel de Mountrouge 1.5 km
Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris 1.8 km
13th Arrondissement (Gobelins) 2.2 km

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Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny Place Denfert-Rochereau La Santé Prison Montparnasse Cemetery 14th arrondissement (Observatoire) Quartier Montsouris Dareau Parc Montsouris Tunnel de Mountrouge Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris 13th Arrondissement (Gobelins)