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Jules Maigret

fictional French police detective

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First appearance: The Strange Case of Peter the Lett (1930)
Last appearance: Maigret and Monsieur Charles (1972)
Created by: Georges Simenon
Occupation: Detective Chief Superintendent
Family: Evariste Maigret (father) Hernance Maigret (mother)
Spouse: Louise Léonard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1912 )
Nationality: French

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Jules Maigret ( French: [ʒyl mɛɡʁɛ]), or simply Maigret, is a fictional French police detective, a commissaire ("inspector") of the Paris Brigade Criminelle (Direction Régionale de la Police Judiciaire de Paris:36, Quai des Orfèvres), created by writer Georges Simenon. The character's full name is Jules Amédée François Maigret.

Between 1930 and 1972, 75 novels and 28 short stories about Maigret were published, starting with Pietr-le-Letton (The Strange Case of Peter the Lett) and concluding with Maigret et Monsieur Charles (Maigret and Monsieur Charles). The novels and stories have been translated into more than 50 languages.