Corvisart (Paris Métro)

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Corvisart
Date opened	1906
Accesses
Municipality/ Arrondissement	Paris 13e
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 6 Direction Charles de Gaulle-Étoile Direction Nation Glacière Place d'Italie
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of Metro station

Corvisart is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the Rue Corvisart, which commemorates Jean Nicolas des Marels, Baron Corvisart (1755-1821). Corvisart was an important figure in the history of French medicine, specialising in the lungs and the heart, and the personal doctor of Napoleon. In 1810, he became the owner of the Hôtel de Broglie of which he was the tenant.

Paris Métro

Line 6

Charles de Gaulle — Étoile 1 2A • Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro 9 • Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle 8 10 • Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur 12 • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe 4 12 13 • Edgar Quinet • Raspail 4 • Denfert-Rochereau 4B • Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie 5 7 • Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy 14 • Dugommier • Daumesnil 8 • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation 1 2 9A

Coordinates: 48°49′47″N 2°21′01″E / 48.82972, 2.35028