Les Sablons (Paris Métro)
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| Les Sablons Jardin d'Acclimatation |
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| Date opened | 1937 | ||||||
| Accesses | 52, av. Charles de Gaulle 70, av. Charles de Gaulle 85, av. Charles de Gaulle 103, av. Charles de Gaulle |
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Neuilly-sur-Seine | ||||||
| Fare zone | 2 | ||||||
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Les Sablons (Jardin d'Acclimatation) is a station on Paris Metro Line 1 in the commune of Neuilly-sur-Seine. It is named for the Plaine des Sablons, so called because sand was extracted there for use in construction. The panels indicating the name of the station have "Jardin d'acclimatation" as their second line, due to the nearby garden.
[edit] History
King Louis XV granted a small area of sandy ground of the Château de la Muette's estate at les Sablons to Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737–1813) to demonstrate the growing of potatoes, which had previously not been considered as safe for human consumption in Europe, outside of Ireland. Indeed, they were considered to be a source of leprosy among other things. Parmentier carried out a series of publicity stunts, which led to the acceptance of potatoes in France and then throughout Europe.
The station was opened in 1937 when Line 1 was expanded from Porte Maillot to Pond de Neuilly and the avenue Neuilly was renamed avenue Charles de Gaulle.
[edit] Places of interest
Nearby on the northern edge of the Bois de Boulogne are the Musée national des Arts et Traditions populaires and the Jardin d'Acclimatation. One of the exits is in front of the private gate into the M6 television channel offices.
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La Défense — Grande Arche ⇒ A · Esplanade de la Défense · Pont de Neuilly · Les Sablons · Porte Maillot ⇒ C · Argentine · Charles de Gaulle — Étoile ⇒ 2 6 A · George V · Franklin D. Roosevelt ⇒ 9 · Champs-Élysées — Clemenceau ⇒ 13 · Concorde ⇒ 8 12 · Tuileries · Palais Royal — Musée du Louvre ⇒ 7 · Louvre — Rivoli · Châtelet ⇒ 4 7 11 14 A B D · Hôtel de Ville ⇒ 11 · Saint-Paul · Bastille ⇒ 5 8 · Gare de Lyon ⇒ 14 A D · Reuilly — Diderot ⇒ 8 · Nation ⇒ 2 6 9 A · Porte de Vincennes · Saint-Mandé · Bérault · Château de Vincennes |
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