Arrondissement 14
Numbers 23, 80-82
Named after the defeat of Julius Caesar in 52BC at the battle of Gergovia, won by
Vercingétorix whose name adorns another local street, it has two historical connections with the left.
No 80-82 was where Madeleine Pelletier had her office in the 1930s.
In 1892, No 23 used to be the site of a workers’ cooperative making paper bags.