--- title: "Montparnasse, Paris walkability score: 100/100" description: "Montparnasse in Paris scores 100/100 for walkability (Walker's Paradise). What's within a walk, its street layout, and how it compares with the rest of Paris." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/montparnasse updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [France](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france) 3. [Paris](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris) 4. Montparnasse # How walkable is Montparnasse, Paris? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 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. 100 out of 100: Walker's Paradise Daily errands do not require a car. * #1 of 20 tied, in Paris * 99 Paris overall * 100 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=48.84348&lon=2.32830&q=Montparnasse%2C%20Paris) ## 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 3.0 of 3 points * Monop', 1 min * Bio c' Bon, 2 min * Naturalia, 2 min ### Restaurants & bars 3.0 of 3 points * Chez Marcel, 1 min * Sous les Cerisiers, 1 min * Girotti Paris, 1 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Waaagh Taverne, 1 min * Charvic, 1 min * Guillon Fleurs, 1 min ### Coffee 2.0 of 2 points * Café Vavin, 3 min * Funzy Café, 3 min * Caffe Italia, 4 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * LCL PARIS VAVIN, 3 min * CIC PARIS RASPAIL, 4 min * BNP Paribas, 4 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Square Ozanam, 1 min * Jardin du Luxembourg, 6 min * Square Gaston Baty, 7 min ### Schools 1.0 of 1 point * Ecole Saint Jean-Paul II, 2 min * Collège Stanislas - Officiel, 3 min * LIVE and LEARN in PARIS, 3 min ### Books & libraries 1.0 of 1 point * Librairie Gourmande, 1 min * Librairie Albin Michel, 1 min * Larousse, 2 min ### Culture & entertainment 1.0 of 1 point * Les 7 Parnassiens, 2 min * 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 ![Walkability scores across the 600 m around the centre of Montparnasse. 100% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 98, is 550 m to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/france/paris/montparnasse.svg?v=76250c0dd4f2) 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](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/latin-quarter) | 1.2 km | 100 | | [Saint-Germain-des-Prés](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/saint-germain-des-pres) | 1.3 km | 100 | | [Butte-aux-Cailles](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#butte-aux-cailles) | 2.4 km | 99 | | [Quartier des Halles](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#quartier-des-halles) | 2.4 km | 100 | | [Quartier de la Place-Vendôme](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#quartier-de-la-place-vendome) | 2.6 km | 99 | | [Grenelle](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#grenelle) | 2.8 km | 100 | | [Le Marais](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/le-marais) | 3 km | 100 | | [9th arrondissement](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods#9th-arrondissement) | 3.7 km | 100 | See [all 20 neighbourhoods of Paris ranked by walkability](https://howwalkable.com/cities/france/paris/neighbourhoods). ## 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Montparnasse, Paris?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.