The Rue de l'Abbaye is a residential street in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, named after the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

The oldest and most prominent buildings on the street are the abbey's side entrance and former abbot's residence, built in 1586.

The area is served by the following stations of the Paris Métro: The Benedictine abbey was founded by Childebert, son of Clovis, in 543 to house relics brought from the Siege of Saragossa the previous year.

A small market town grew up around the religious centre which became a place of pilgrimage and whose name changed to Saint-Germain-des-Prés ("of the meadows") in the 9th century.

The Abbot's Palace (Palais abbatial), commissioned by Charles de Bourbon in 1586, is still occupied (nos.