Bibliothèque nationale de France

Paris · Landmark

The Bibliothèque nationale de France is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, Richelieu and François-Mitterrand. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including books and manuscripts but also precious objects and artworks, are on display at the BnF Museum on the Richelieu site.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.83° N
Longitude: 2.38° E

Which way is Bibliothèque nationale de France from…

From London, Bibliothèque nationale de France lies at 148° to the south-east, 347 km as the crow flies.

London	148° south-east	347 km
New York	54° north-east	5,840 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,052 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,102 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,508 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,362 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

For the National Library of France, think of the two Bastilles: from the square, aim south, at 167°, 2.2 km; from the Opéra, at 169°, 2.1 km. From Notre-Dame it is south-east, at 139°, 2.9 km away, and from the Natural History Museum, at 124°, 1.7 km. It lines the Seine, on the Left Bank.