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General Michel Bizot avenue
Général Michel Bizot avenue is a lane located in the Picpus and Bel-Air districts of the 12th arrondissement of Paris.
Start: Rue de Charenton
End: 36, Rue du Sahel
Length: 1,155 m
It pays tribute to the General of Engineering Michel Bizot (1795-1855) who was director of the Polytechnic School (École Polytechnique) and took part in the siege of Sebastopol where he was killed.
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The street was already present under the name of “rue de la Voûte-du-Cours” on the cadastral maps of the town of Saint-Mandé dating from the 1850s before the annexation of the territories by the city of Paris in 1860. It is extended beyond the avenue de Saint-Mandé (formerly "avenue du Bel-Air") by the opening in 1862 of a section which links it to the Cours de Vincennes (Formerly Avenue de Vincennes). It then took the name of “rue Michel Bizot” in 1862, then “rue du Général Michel Bizot” in 1915, before becoming an avenue the following year.
In 1962, the part between Rue du Sahel and cours de Vincennes was renamed Docteur Arnold Netter avenue.
Son of Jean Baptiste Brice Bizot, (brigade chief in the engineer army) and Angelique Claire Antoinette Uhrich, Michel Brice Bizot, was born on October 3, 1795 in Bitche. An engineer officer, he took part in the defense of Metz (1814), that of Besançon (1815) and made the campaign of Spain (1823). He commanded the Polytechnic School (Ecole Polytechnique) (1852-1855) and was put at the head of the engineering troops during the Crimean expedition. He was killed on April 15, 1855 during the Siege of Sebastopol.
He was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor on September 16, 1823, Officer of the Legion of Honor on August 17, 1841 and Commander of the Legion of Honor on January 14, 1855.
General Michel Bizot is the father of Major General Brice Adrien Bizot (1848-1929).
Address:
Paris, twelfth arrondissement