stations in Paris; the Parc Monceau neighborhood in Paris, on grounds around the park which they purchased from the Orléans family in 1861; the in Marseille, started by and continued by the Pereires; and the holiday resort of Arcachon, developed from 1862. The in Paris, above the Pereires’ , was given their name in 1863, an extremely rare distinction for living individuals. The nearby was called Place Pereire until 1973. In the same neighborhood, the Pereire Metro Station and Pereire–Levallois RER station also carry their name. Other public spaces bearing the Pereires' name are in Arcachon (Plage Pereire, avenue du Parc Pereire, allée Emile Pereire), Bayonne (place Pereire), Bordeaux (rue Emile Pereire), Rueil-Malmaison (rue Pereire), and Saint-Germain-en-Laye (rue Pereire). The former in Asnières-sur-Seine has been renamed after native son Henri Barbusse. Gallery See also Rothschild family Compagnie du chemin de fer Grand-Central de France Crédit Mobilier of America scandal Notes Further reading Kurt Grunwald, "Europe's Railways and Jewish Enterprise: German Jews as Pioneers of Railway Promotion." Leo Baeck Institute Yearbook 12.1 (1967): 163–209, on Rothschild and the Pereire brothers. External links Pereire family French financiers Jewish French history Saint-Simonists Sephardi Jews topics Sibling duos French people of Portuguese-Jewish descent Compagnie Générale Transatlantique 19th-century Sephardi Jews