Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré
Until the 18th century, a few villages were dispersed in a rural area that extended west of the Louvre. The main street (a dirt road) of Roule, one of the villages, became "rue Neuve-Saint-Honoré"; it was lined and surrounded by a few mansions. The passage was upgraded in the 12th century to accommodate the increasing traffic from Paris's central market, "Les Halles", to the outer villages. (The market was moved in 1971 from the center of Paris to the suburb of Rungis.) The road extended to the edge or gate of Paris. The passage was renamed "rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré" when the village became an official suburb of Paris; ("foris burgem" in Latin means "outside the city"). Originally, the passage extended to the Forêt de Rouvray ("oak forest"), which covered a vast area west of Paris. Remnants of it are the Bois de Boulogne, as well as the 5,100 ha "Forêt Domaniale de la Londe-Rouvray" in Normandy. The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré was incorporated into Paris's city limits in 1860. Depending on tradition, the reliable gauge of style in Paris and high style can be found along 10 blocks of "rue Saint-Honoré", from "rue Cambon" to "rue des Pyramides". The rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is:
 It is served by the 2, 8, 9, 12, and 14 lines.
History
The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré () is a street located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The rue Saint-Honoré, of which the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré is now an extension, began as a road extending west from the northern edge of the Louvre Palace.