Picpus (Paris Métro)
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| Date opened | 1909 | ||||||
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Picpus is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the district of Picpus and the Boulevard de Picpus.
About 1575, the Rue de Picpus was a road crossing the area of Pique-Puce (flee prick). The Lazare brothers thought that the origin of the name came from an epidemic producing sores resembling insect bites. It was treated miraculously by a monk who settled in the village. He therefore took the name of Pique-Puce (?).
The station has the additional name of Courteline, named after Georges Courteline (1858-1929), whose real name was George Moinaux. He was a French author of satirical comedies such as: Les Gaietés de l'escadron, la Paix chez soi, Le Commissaire est bon enfant.
The station is located under the Avenue de Saint-Mandé, to the west of the crossroads with the Boulevard de Picpus.
There is only one access, located on the southern side of the Avenue de Saint-Mandé .
[edit] Places of interest
- SquareCourteline
- Picpus Cemetery, where, in particular, General La Fayette is buried
- Church of l'Immaculée Conception
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Charles de Gaulle — Étoile ⇒ 1 2 A • 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 ⇒ 4 B • 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 9 A |
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