page_title: Shanghai French Concession
section_title: Extent
hierarchical_section_title: Shanghai French Concession / Extent
caption_attribution_description: French Concession area, Shanghai, near the former Avenue Joffre. The gabled building on the left is the former Belgian consulate, while the taller buildings on the right are the 1930s Henry Apartments and Gascogne Apartments
context_page_description: The Shanghai French Concession was a foreign concession in Shanghai, China from 1849 until 1943, which progressively expanded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The concession came to an end in 1943 when the French State under German pressure signed it over to the pro-Japanese Reorganized National Government of China in Nanjing. For much of the 20th century, the area covered by the former French Concession remained the premier residential and retail district of Shanghai, and was also one of the centres of Catholicism in China. Despite re-development over the last few decades, the area retains a distinct character and is a popular tourist destination.
context_section_description: From 1914 until its abolition, the French Concession covered the north-eastern part of today's Xuhui District and the western part of Huangpu District (the former Luwan District), occupying the centre, south, and west of urban Shanghai. A small strip extended eastward along the rue du Consulat, now the East Jinling Road, to the Quai de France, now East-2 Zhongshan Road, which runs along the Huangpu River to the south of the Bund.
  To the south-east of the French Concession was the walled Chinese city. To the north was the British concession, later part of the Shanghai International Settlement. The British and French quarters were separated by several canals: in the east, this was "Yangjingbang", a creek flowing into the Huangpu River. These canals were later filled in and became Avenue Edward VII in the east and Avenue Foch in the west, both now part of Yan'an Road. To the south, the French Concession was bounded by the Zhaojiabang canal (now filled in as Zhaojiabang Road and Xujiahui Road).
caption: A mix of the old and the new in the former French Concession near Avenue Joffre: the gabled building on the left is the former Belgian consulate, while the taller buildings on the right are the 1930s Henry Apartments and Gascogne Apartments
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