Basilique de Saint-Denis (Paris Métro)

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Basilique de Saint-Denis is a Paris Métro station in the town center of Saint-Denis, north of Paris.

[edit] History

• The station opened in 1976 at the same time as Paris Metro lines 13 and 14 were linked across Paris. It serves the center of Saint-Denis and links it with Paris in a few minutes.

• In 1992 tram line T1 opened, with two stops nearby.

[edit] Tourism

• Saint-Denis city hall.
• Saint-Denis basilica, a cathedral built during the 12th century, one of the first in the gothic cathedrals, containing the necropolis of the Kings of France.
• The house of honor of the Légion d'honneur and its park.
• Near one of the tram stops are two university schools, for technology and teacher training.
• This part of town is a dense group of residential buildings, including shops and a commercial center.

Lines serving this station

• Metro line 13
• Tram line T1, at Basilique de Saint-Denis and Marché de Saint-Denis

[edit] See also

• List of stations of the Paris Métro

Paris Métro

Line 13

Northwest branch Gabriel Péri — Asnières — Gennevilliers · Mairie de Clichy · Porte de Clichy ⇒ C · Brochant North branch Saint-Denis — Université · Basilique de Saint-Denis · Saint-Denis — Porte de Paris · Carrefour Pleyel · Mairie de Saint-Ouen · Garibaldi · Porte de Saint-Ouen · Guy Môquet ⊃   La Fourche · Place de Clichy ⇒ 2 · Liège · Saint-Lazare ⇒ 3 12 14 E · Miromesnil ⇒ 9 · Champs-Élysées — Clemenceau ⇒ 1 · Invalides ⇒ 8 C · Varenne · Saint-François-Xavier · Duroc ⇒ 10 · Montparnasse — Bienvenüe ⇒ 4 6 12 · Gaîté · Pernety · Plaisance · Porte de Vanves · Malakoff — Plateau de Vanves · Malakoff — Rue Étienne Dolet · Châtillon — Montrouge