The Place de la Contrescarpe is a square in the 5th arrondissement of Paris.

It is at the center of four administrative quartiers or districts; Saint-Victor, Jardin-des-Plantes, Val-de-Grâce and Sorbonne, making it a central point of the 5th arrondissement.

It has a diameter of around forty metres (130 feet) and has a circular traffic island in the middle, which is partly occupied by a public fountain.

Ernest Hemingway makes mention of it in his book A Moveable Feast, as he lived for a time just off this square at 74 Rue du Cardinal Lemoine.

[1] This cluster would today be located adjacent to the café Les Arts, that is, around the eastern part of the square.