Setting sun over the Arc de Triomphe, view from the Champs-Élysées. The Arc de Triomphe stands in the center of Place Charles-de-Gaulle (formerly Place de l'Etoile) in the 8th, 16th, and 17th arrondissements of Paris1. It is located on the axis and at the western end of the Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 2.2 kilometers from Place de la Concorde.