Le Marais map, district by district

Reading the map in eight pieces

Our reference map splits the Marais into eight sub-districts. Each one has its own streets and stations, and the distances below start from the place des Vosges, used as a fixed point.

• Haut-Marais (Enfants-Rouges). The north, between the rue des Francs-Bourgeois to the south and the place de la République and boulevard du Temple to the north. Rue du Temple bounds it on the west, boulevards Filles-du-Calvaire and Beaumarchais on the east. Metro: Filles du Calvaire, Temple, Saint-Sébastien–Froissart, République, Arts et Métiers.
• Arts-et-Métiers. From boulevard Saint-Denis down to rue de Turbigo and rue des Gravilliers, with boulevard de Sébastopol on the west and rue du Temple on the east. Metro: Arts et Métiers, Réaumur–Sébastopol, Strasbourg–Saint-Denis, Temple.
• Archives. The heart of the northern Marais, in the 3rd: rue des Francs-Bourgeois to the south, boulevard Beaumarchais to the east, rue des Archives to the west. Metro: Rambuteau, Saint-Paul, Saint-Sébastien–Froissart, Chemin Vert, Hôtel de Ville.
• Rue des Rosiers (the Pletzl). The historic Jewish quarter and, along rue Sainte-Croix-de-la-Bretonnerie, the LGBT+ Marais. Wikipedia gives the street as 303 metres long, from no. 13 rue Malher to no. 40 rue Vieille-du-Temple. See our Jewish quarter guide and the rue des Rosiers page.
• Saint-Paul. From rue Saint-Antoine and rue François-Miron down to the quai des Célestins, around the Village Saint-Paul. Metro: Saint-Paul, Pont Marie, Sully-Morland.
• Place des Vosges. Rue des Francs-Bourgeois and rue du Pas-de-la-Mule to the north, boulevard Beaumarchais to the east, rue Saint-Antoine to the south. Metro: Chemin Vert, Bastille, Saint-Paul, Bréguet-Sabin. See the place des Vosges guide.
• Hôtel de Ville and Beaubourg (Saint-Merri). Rue Rambuteau to the north, the Seine to the south, boulevard de Sébastopol to the west. Metro: Hôtel de Ville, Châtelet, Châtelet–Les Halles, Rambuteau.
• The islands. The Île Saint-Louis and the eastern end of the Île de la Cité; the western end, with the Sainte-Chapelle and the Conciergerie, belongs to the 1st arrondissement. According to Wikipedia’s entry on the Notre-Dame quarter, the Île Saint-Louis covers 11 hectares, 525 by 250 metres. See Île Saint-Louis.

Distances from the place des Vosges

The distances are straight lines from the place des Vosges; the walking time multiplies them by 1.3 and walks them at 80 metres a minute, so treat every time as an estimate.

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Landmark	Straight line	Walking time
Musée Carnavalet	274 m	4 min
Rue des Rosiers (no. 1)	333 m	5 min
Village Saint-Paul	332 m	5 min
Musée Picasso	524 m	9 min
Shoah Memorial	676 m	11 min
Île Saint-Louis (Berthillon)	758 m	12 min
Archives nationales	794 m	13 min
Marché des Enfants-Rouges	883 m	14 min
BHV Marais	893 m	15 min
Hôtel de Ville	958 m	16 min
Centre Pompidou (closed)	1,189 m	19 min
Arts et Métiers museum	1,371 m	22 min

How wide the area really is

We measured the 19 landmarks of our base, leaving out Notre-Dame, which belongs to the islands. The widest straight-line distance between two of them is 1,442 metres, from the Musée des Arts et Métiers to the Maison de Victor Hugo. Next come 1,421 metres from the Arts et Métiers to the Village Saint-Paul and 1,395 metres from the Arts et Métiers to the Hôtel de Sully. The median distance between two landmarks is 573 metres. At our walking pace of 80 metres a minute, with the 1.3 detour factor, 1,442 metres takes about 24 minutes. The district can therefore be crossed on foot in under half an hour at its widest.

Which lines serve which sub-district

This table comes from our area data and lists, for each sub-district, the stations we attach to it. A line counts for a sub-district if one of its stations is on that line.

Sub-district	Stations	Lines
Haut-Marais	5	3, 5, 8, 9, 11
Arts-et-Métiers	5	3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11
Archives	5	1, 8, 11
Rue des Rosiers	4	1, 7, 11
Saint-Paul	3	1, 7
Place des Vosges	4	1, 5, 8
Hôtel de Ville and Beaubourg	5	1, 4, 7, 11, 14, and RER A, B and D
Islands	6	1, 4, 7, 11, 14, and RER B and C

Counted the other way round, lines 1 and 11 each reach six of the eight sub-districts, lines 7 and 8 four, lines 4 and 5 three, and lines 3, 9 and 14 two. Line 8 does not stop at République from 22 July 2026 to April 2027, which affects the Haut-Marais and Arts-et-Métiers lists, where République appears. The islands’ list includes a line 4 station that is closed; check the works notice before you choose it.

Two reading rules for the map

First, the sub-districts overlap. The place des Vosges stands on the boundary between the 3rd and the 4th, and Saint-Paul and the rue des Rosiers share the Saint-Paul station. Second, the distances in the table above are from the place des Vosges only. From the Hôtel de Ville or Saint-Paul, the same landmarks are at other distances, so use the guide of the landmark itself for the figures from its own address.

Landmarks by sub-district

Our base places each of its 20 landmarks in one sub-district. Saint-Paul and the Haut-Marais hold four each, the Hôtel de Ville sector and Archives three each, the rue des Rosiers and the place des Vosges two each, and Arts-et-Métiers and the islands one each.

• Saint-Paul: the Village Saint-Paul, the Hôtel de Sully, the Shoah Memorial and the church of Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis.
• Haut-Marais: the Carnavalet Museum, the Cognacq-Jay Museum, the Marché des Enfants-Rouges and the Picasso Museum.
• Hôtel de Ville and Beaubourg: the Hôtel de Ville, the Centre Pompidou and the BHV Marais.
• Archives: the Museum of Hunting and Nature, the Museum of Jewish Art and History and the Archives nationales.
• Rue des Rosiers: the rue des Rosiers and the Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris.
• Place des Vosges: the place des Vosges and the Maison de Victor Hugo.
• Arts-et-Métiers: the Musée des Arts et Métiers.
• Islands: Notre-Dame de Paris.

The sub-districts are working categories of our base, not administrative borders; a landmark near a boundary could sit in either.

What has changed on the map in 2026

• The Centre Pompidou is closed for renovation; reopening is announced for 2030, with no precise date.
• The Village Saint-Paul is open, but its landlord, the RIVP, is refurbishing the buildings and inner courtyards; expect scaffolding and altered passages. No schedule is published.
• Line 8 trains do not stop at République from 22 July 2026 until April 2027.
• The Hôtel de Ville does not take individual visitors inside until further notice (paris.fr, updated 26 January 2026).

Where to sleep on the map

The 3rd and 4th arrondissements each have a hotel list: hotels in the 3rd and hotels in the 4th. For a sub-district, see hotels on and near the place des Vosges, hotels around rue Saint-Paul or hotels near the Hôtel de Ville. The wider quarter is in our Le Marais guide.

Photo: Fabien Barrau, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons