Île aux Juifs

The island was named for the number of executions of Jews that took place on it during the Middle Ages.

[3] The island was located just to the west of tip of the Île de la Cité, approximately where the Square du Vert-Galant is today.

The island alongside it, of similar size, was called the Île à la Gourdaine, and was the location of a mill.

[4] A third, very small island, made of gravel, was at the very point, and was called the Motte aux Papelards, or Terrain.

[5] The addition of the three small islands at the end, plus the constructions of quays alongside, increased the size of the Île de la Cité from about eight hectares (20 acres) in Roman times to seventeen hectares (42 acres) today.