How walkable is Montparnasse, Paris?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Montparnasse has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris, which scores 99 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
6,646 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Montparnasse. The nearest grocery is about a minute away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Bio c' Bon, 2 min
- Naturalia, 2 min
Restaurants & bars
- Sous les Cerisiers, 1 min
- Girotti Paris, 1 min
Shopping
- Charvic, 1 min
- Guillon Fleurs, 1 min
Coffee
- Funzy Café, 3 min
- Caffe Italia, 4 min
Banks
- CIC PARIS RASPAIL, 4 min
- BNP Paribas, 4 min
Parks
- Jardin du Luxembourg, 6 min
- Square Gaston Baty, 7 min
Schools
- Collège Stanislas - Officiel, 3 min
- LIVE and LEARN in PARIS, 3 min
Books & libraries
- Librairie Albin Michel, 1 min
- Larousse, 2 min
Culture & entertainment
- UGC Rotonde, 2 min
- MK2 Parnasse, 3 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Montparnasse, Paris at 48.8435, 2.3283. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 105 street intersections per km², and blocks average 97 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Montparnasse, Paris
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 600 m around the centre of Montparnasse, Paris. Rings mark 300 m and 600 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Paris
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Latin Quarter | 1.2 km | 100 |
| Saint-Germain-des-Prés | 1.3 km | 100 |
| Butte-aux-Cailles | 2.4 km | 99 |
| Quartier des Halles | 2.4 km | 100 |
| Quartier de la Place-Vendôme | 2.6 km | 99 |
| Grenelle | 2.8 km | 100 |
| Le Marais | 3 km | 100 |
| 9th arrondissement | 3.7 km | 100 |
See all 20 neighbourhoods of Paris ranked by walkability.
Questions about walking in Montparnasse, Paris
Is Montparnasse walkable?
Yes. Montparnasse in Paris has a walkability score of 100 out of 100 across the 600 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Montparnasse more walkable than the rest of Paris?
Montparnasse is about as walkable as Paris as a whole: it scores 100, against 99 for the 5 km around Paris's centre. It is one of 13 neighbourhoods tied as the most walkable of the 20 ranked in Paris on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Paris?
Of the 20 Paris neighbourhoods on How Walkable, 13 tie as the most walkable, each scoring 100: the Latin Quarter, Quartier des Halles, Le Marais and 10 others.
How is the walkability score of Montparnasse calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Montparnasse it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 600 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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