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Sentier is a neighbourhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district. Since the late 1990s, it has increasingly become home to many Internet start-up companies and has acquired the nickname Silicon Sentier.

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neighborhood
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France
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Quartier du Sentier
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La Rabouilleuse
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  • Geography
  • Sentier's Textile Products
  • From textiles to "Silicon Sentier"
  • Sentier in literature
  • Films shot in Sentier
  • External links
  • References

Sentier is a neighbourhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district. Since the late 1990s, it has increasingly become home to many Internet start-up companies and has acquired the nickname Silicon Sentier.

==Geography== 600px|thumb|center|Sentier, Paris thumb|right|A typical street in the neighborhood, Rue du Sentier The area is a rectangle of buildings bounded by rue Montmartre to the west, the Boulevard de Sebastopol to the east, Boulevard Poissonnière and Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle to the north and by rue Reaumur in the south.

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