Plaine-Monceau in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Louis Armand

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

1. Louis Armand Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Dans cette maison a vecu
de 1944 à 1971
Louis Armand
de l'Academie Française
Compagnon de la Libération
Ingénieur et Humaniste

(English translation):
In this building from 1944 to 1971 lived Louis Armand of the Academie Française, Compagnon de la Libération (“Companion of Liberation”), engineer and humanist.

Erected 1974.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Science & Medicine • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1944.

Location. 48° 52.942′ N, 2° 18.752′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Plaine-Monceau. Marker is on Avenue de Villiers east of Rue Legendre, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 30 Avenue de Villiers, Paris, Île-de-France 75017, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Joseph Denais (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Maxime Fabert (about 120 meters away); Elena Theodorini and l’Académie Lyrique Roumaine

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(about 150 meters away); Fers / Irons (about 150 meters away); Ernest Chausson (about 150 meters away); Charles Gounod (about 180 meters away); La Mulâtresse Solitude (about 180 meters away); La château de Monceau (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Louis Armand (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Louis François Armand (17 January 1905 – 30 August 1971) was a French engineer and senior civil servant who managed several public companies, as well as had a significant role in World War II as an officer in the Resistance. He became the first president of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) as chair of the Armand Commission from 1958 to 1959 before he was elected to the Académie Française in 1963.

(Submitted on May 17, 2024.)

Louis Armand Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

2. Louis Armand Marker - wide view

Louis Armand Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, March 24, 2024

3. Louis Armand Marker - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 37 times since then. Photos: 1. submitted on May 16, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2, 3. submitted on May 17, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.