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| Former name(s) | none | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Namesake | Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette | ||
| Arrondissement | 1st arrondissement | ||
| Coordinates | 48°51′48″N2°20′09″E / 48.86322°N 2.33590°E Coordinates: 48°51′48″N2°20′09″E / 48.86322°N 2.33590°E | ||
| Construction | |||
| Inauguration | 19 February 1966 | ||
Place Colette is a square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France.
The square is bordered to the north and east by wings of the Palais-Royal (containing, to the north, the Comédie-Française and to the east, the Conseil d'État), to the south by the rue Saint-Honoré and to the west by the rue de Richelieu. [1]
An entrance to the Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre Métro station, serving lines 
and 
, is on Place Colette. It was redesigned by Jean-Michel Othoniel as the Kiosque des noctambules (Kiosk of the night-walkers), completed in October 2000 for the centenary of the Métro.
Place Colette had no name (it was simply part of the rue Saint-Honoré) until 1966 when it was named after the writer Colette following a request by her only daughter, Colette de Jouvenel, to André Malraux who was then Minister of Culture. [1] [2]
The café "Le Nemours", in the façade of the Conseil d'État, has been used as a location for several films:
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