Nationale (Paris Métro)

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Nationale
Date opened	1909
Accesses
Municipality/ Arrondissement	Paris 13e
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 6 Direction Charles de Gaulle-Étoile Direction Nation Place d'Italie Chevaleret
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of Metro station

Nationale is a station of the Paris Métro.

[edit] History

It is named after the Rue Nationale, which commemorates the National Guard. This was a middle-class militia created on July 13, 1789 for the maintenance of law and order in Paris. Next day, it took part in the storming of the Bastille. On 15 July, La Fayette was named as its commander. By December, all départements had established National Guards and they had formed a federation.

The National Guard played an important part in the French Revolution until it was crushed on October 5, 1795 by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon allowed it to exist as an unarmed force and it continued to exist after the Restoration. It took part in the Revolution of 1830 and the Revolution of 1848. In 1871 it joined the uprising of the Paris Commune, and following the Commune's defeat by the French Army, it was suppressed on 14 March 1872.

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′59″N, 2°21′46″E