North of Auteuil
Ranelagh
From an urban planning perspective, Auteuil Nord is one of the best-preserved neighborhoods in Paris.
Once a community of winegrowers (it’s no coincidence that the street is called Rue des Vignes!) and farmers, active farms could still be found here until 1940, and vegetable gardens were cultivated along Quai Louis Blériot until 1920. Its residents nurtured this identity just as much as they did a genuine sense of solidarity, deeply rooted in Auteuil at a time when not everyone had enough to eat. The Auteuil apprentices and parish mutual aid groups provide daily assistance to those most in need, exemplifying the vibrant and joyful spirit of solidarity that characterizes the neighborhood.
We want some fresh air! That's great—the garden at Ranelagh is there. On the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, the garden of the Ranelagh is relatively secluded, set apart from the city center. In fact, it didn’t take long for this garden—with its many unique features and one of the richest in Parisian biodiversity—to pique our curiosity.
Before it took on the form of the tree-lined, furnished public garden we know today, the land belonged to the estate of the Château de La Muette.
In the 1770s, numerous balls were held there, modeled after the “ball” organized in London at the same time by a Lord Ranelagh. That is where the name of this garden comes from. The queen Marie Antoinette, who was passionate about dance, loved going to these dances at Ranelagh, near Boulogne.
Even after the Revolution, the garden remained a place of celebration, and it was right here, on June 20, 1790, that the first anniversary of the Tennis Court Oath was celebrated. While the Ranelagh dance had disappeared by 1860, some chestnut trees, on the other hand, are said to have survived the centuries and thus may have been the last eyewitnesses to this era rich in festivities!
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