Quai des Orfèvres

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Quai des Orfèvres is a famous riverside street on Paris’s Île de la Cité, long known as the historic headquarters of the city’s criminal police and a classic setting in French crime fiction.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
location in Paris
police headquarters building
riverside street
street
adjacentTo Palais de Justice de Paris
Pont Neuf
Pont Saint-Michel
city Paris
country France
countryOfOrigin France
director Henri-Georges Clouzot
etymology named after the goldsmiths’ guild (orfèvres) that once worked in the area
followsAlong Seine
linked to: River Seine
hasBuilding 36 Quai des Orfèvres
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
hasCoordinateSystem WGS84
hasCulturalRole iconic address in French popular culture
symbol of French criminal investigation
hasFilmTitleDerivedFrom Quai des Orfèvres (1947 film)
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
hasGenreAsSetting crime fiction
detective fiction
hasNotableNumber 36
hasStreetType quai
hasWorkAsSetting French crime films
Maigret novels by Georges Simenon
linked to: Maigret

various French police procedural novels
heritageStatus located within a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paris, Banks of the Seine)
knownAs historic headquarters of the Paris criminal police
knownFor association with French crime fiction
association with French detective fiction
historic headquarters of the Paris criminal police
symbolic center of French police investigations
languageOfName French
locatedIn 4th arrondissement of Paris
France
France
Paris
Paris
Île de la Cité
Île de la Cité
locatedOn Quai des Orfèvres
occupant Direction de la Police Judiciaire de la Préfecture de Police de Paris
partOf historic center of Paris
Île de la Cité road network
streetAddress 36 Quai des Orfèvres
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
touristAttraction yes
transportConnection near Cité metro station
near Saint-Michel–Notre-Dame RER station
usedBy Préfecture de Police de Paris

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Île de la Cité hasPart Quai des Orfèvres
Quai des Tuileries connectsTo Quai des Orfèvres
Daniel Auteuil notableWork 36 Quai des Orfèvres
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
Quai des Orfèvres hasBuilding 36 Quai des Orfèvres
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
36 Quai des Orfèvres streetAddress 36 Quai des Orfèvres
subject linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
36 Quai des Orfèvres locatedOn Quai des Orfèvres
subject linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
Quai des Orfèvres hasFilmTitleDerivedFrom Quai des Orfèvres (1947 film)
linked to: Quai des Orfèvres
Quai de l’Horloge follows Quai des Orfèvres