Basilique de Saint-Denis (Paris Métro)

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

[edit] History

• The station opened in 1976 at the same time as lines 13 and 14 were linked across Paris. It serves the centre 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 honour 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 the town is a dense group of residential buildings, including shops and a commercial centre.

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