Porte de la Villette (Paris Métro)

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Porte de la Villette

Train in Porte de la Villette station

Date opened

1910

Accesses

Municipality/
Arrondissement

Paris 19e

Fare zone

Next stations

Paris Métro Line 7
Direction Villejuif or Mairie d'Ivry	Direction La Courneuve-8 Mai 1945
Corentin Cariou	Aubervilliers - Pantin - Quatre Chemins

List of stations of the Paris Métro

Porte de la Villette is a station of the Paris Métro. The origin of the commune of the Villette was a Gallo-Roman village, which grew up on the Roman road that led to east Flanders. About 1198, it became Ville Neuve Saint-Ladre and by 1426 it was called Villette-Saint-Miser-lez-Paris. The commune became part Paris in 1860. The nearby gate in Paris' 19th century walls became known as the Porte de la Villette.

The nearby Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, located in the Parc de la Villette, is the biggest science museum in Europe. The glass and steel building was designed by Peter Rice and it was opened in 1986.

Paris Métro

Line 7

La Courneuve — 8 Mai 1945 · Fort d'Aubervilliers · Aubervilliers — Pantin — Quatre Chemins · Porte de la Villette · Corentin Cariou · Crimée · Riquet · Stalingrad ⇒ 2 5 · Louis Blanc ⇒ 7bis · Château-Landon · Gare de l'Est ⇒ 4 5 · Poissonnière · Cadet · Le Peletier · Chaussée d'Antin — La Fayette ⇒ 9 · Opéra ⇒ 3 8 A · Pyramides ⇒ 14 · Palais Royal — Musée du Louvre ⇒ 1 · Pont Neuf · Châtelet ⇒ 1 4 11 14 A B D · Pont Marie · Sully — Morland · Jussieu ⇒ 10 · Place Monge · Censier Daubenton · Les Gobelins · Place d'Italie ⇒ 5 6 · Tolbiac · Maison Blanche ⊂