An imaginary line on the earth’s surface passing through the poles and any given place; any line of longitude is running through the Paris Observatory – now longitude 2°20′14.02500″ East. The “Paris meridien arc” or “French meridien arc” (French: la Méridienne de France) is the name of the meridien arc measured along the Paris meridien.
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