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Marathon de Paris
Every April
The April marathon from the Champs-Élysées, through the Bois and along the Seine to Avenue Foch.
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Image courtesy of © Valentin. · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsAbout Marathon de Paris
The Paris Marathon is run each April, starting on the Champs-Élysées and passing the Place de la Concorde, the Bastille, the Bois de Vincennes, the quays of the Seine and the Eiffel Tower before the Bois de Boulogne and the finish on Avenue Foch. It is one of the largest marathons in Europe, run under the name of its sponsor as the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris. See the official site for the date, entries and the course.
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- Every April
- Along the Seine
- Address
- Champs-Élysées to Avenue Foch, Paris
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