Located on the left bank of the River Seine in the 5th arrondissement, the so-called NDDC neighborhood (Notre Dame des Champs) is bordered by the Boulevard du Montparnasse, Rue de Sèvres and Rue d'Assas.
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With a high number of prestigious schools and universities, NDDC is a well-to-do neighborhood that is home to wealthy families, as well as being Paris’ 'cultural hotspot' due to its many cinemas, theaters and museums. Notre-Dame-des-Champs is perfect for those who want to live in the heart of Paris while enjoying the quiet atmosphere of the streets that used to be surrounded by wheat fields.
With the typically Parisian buildings on Rue de Rennes, Rue d’Assas and Boulevard Raspail, charming apartments around Montparnasse and modern housing on Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, the properties available in this neighborhood are varied enough to suit all needs and all tastes.
This area has some of Paris’ best schools and universities and is as popular with young families as with students. The Ecole Alsaciennce and the Institut Catholique on Rue d’Assas, the Collège Stanislas on Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs, as well as the University Panthéon-Assas, the Centre Sèvre and the EHESS mean that the Notre-Dame-des-Champs area is well-known for education. It also has plenty of cultural credentials, with the Vieux-Colombier theater, a key historical site that now belongs to the Comedie-Française, the Proche-Montparnasse theater and the Lucernaire center, which features budding new theatrical talents and films. The three cinemas in the area, the Bretagne, the Arlequin and the MK2 Parnasse, are another string in the neighborhood’s cultural bow. With organic food stores Franmarché and Naturalia on Boulevard Raspail, Superdil on Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs and many other food stores as well as more exotic grocery stores, you’ll certainly eat well in this neighborhood. You could burn off some of your indulgences with tennis, yoga and weightlifting at the CMG sports club on Rue de Rennes. Or you could just relax in the sauna. Renting an apartment in the Notre-Dame-des-Champs neighborhood is perfect for peace and quiet. What’s more, with Lodgis, specialists in furnished rentals, your apartment will be furnished, clean and ready to live in so you can start enjoying your stay in Paris as soon as possible.