Maréchal Foch Street

The Rue du Maréchal Foch, in Roanne

The Rue du Maréchal Foch is, with the Rue Charles de Gaulle, one of the main shopping arteries of Roanne. The Roanne audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this lively street of the town centre, dedicated to the commerce and the daily life, which bears the name of a great military leader.

The other great shopping street

With the Rue Charles de Gaulle, the Rue du Maréchal Foch is one of the main shopping arteries of the town centre of Roanne. Lined with numerous boutiques, stores and businesses, it constitutes, with the other merchant streets, the heart of the commercial activity and the daily life of the town, where the Roanne people come to do their purchases and to stroll. The street bears the name of Marshal Ferdinand Foch, one of the greatest military leaders of the history of France: commander in chief of the allied armies at the end of the First World War, he played a decisive role in the victory of 1918, which earned him to be honoured in very numerous French towns. This lively street participates in the dynamic of the town centre and offers, over its façades and its businesses, a glimpse of the Roanne urban life. A place of passage, shopping and meeting, it completes, with its neighbour, the network of the great streets that structure and animate the heart of Roanne. A shopping artery and a tribute to a great marshal, the Rue du Maréchal Foch is a fine stop of the discovery of Roanne.

What to see

Here you wander on one of the main shopping arteries of the town centre of Roanne, which forms with the Rue Charles de Gaulle the heart of the commercial activity, lined with numerous boutiques and businesses; bearing the name of Marshal Foch, commander of the allied armies and architect of the victory of 1918, it offers a lively glimpse of the Roanne urban life. The Rue du Maréchal Foch is a shopping artery of Roanne. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Rue du Maréchal Foch crosses the town centre of Roanne, reachable on foot. It is a public shopping street, freely accessible; the boutiques, stores and cafés have their own hours. The street is lively during the day and ideal for shopping and strolling.

Who was Marshal Foch, whose name the street bears in Roanne?

Marshal Ferdinand Foch, one of the greatest military leaders of the history of France: commander in chief of the allied armies at the end of the First World War, he played a decisive role in the victory of 1918, which earned him to be honoured in numerous towns; his street is, with the Rue Charles de Gaulle, one of the main shopping arteries of Roanne.

Where is the Rue du Maréchal Foch in Roanne?

In the heart of the town centre of Roanne, in France.