Porte de Clignancourt (Paris Métro)

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Porte de Clignancourt
 
Date opened 1908
Accesses 79, boul. Ornano
80 bis, boul. Ornano
82, boul. Ornano
Municipality/
Arrondissement
Paris 18e
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 4
Direction
Porte de Clignancourt
Direction
Porte d'Orleans
Terminus Simplon
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Paris map with arrondissements.jpg
Location of Metro station

Porte de Clignancourt is a station of the Paris Métro, the northern terminus of line 4. It is situated in the 18th Arrondissement at 48.89778° N 2.34452° E.

The station was opened in 1908. Clignancourt was an ancient hamlet that belonged to the abbey of Saint-Denis, and was annexed to Paris in 1860. The "porte" of Clignancourt was the gate of the fortifications protecting the hamlet.

The marché aux puces, Porte de Clignancourt, by Luigi Loir
The marché aux puces, Porte de Clignancourt, by Luigi Loir

The Porte of Clignancourt is also one end of Route nationale 14, which links Paris to Rouen.

The station lies just inside the city limits of Paris; to the north of the station is the commune of Saint-Ouen. Thus a short walk from the station is Les Puces de Saint-Ouen, a large flea market (48.90372° N 2.3398° E), and also the Cimetière de Saint-Ouen (48.9074° N 2.34787° E), a Roman Catholic cemetery associated with Joan of Arc.


Paris Métro Line 4

Porte de Clignancourt • Simplon • Marcadet — Poissonniers  12 • Château Rouge • Barbès — Rochechouart  2 • Gare du Nord  5 B D E • Gare de l'Est  5 7 • Château d'Eau • Strasbourg — Saint-Denis  8 9 • Réaumur — Sébastopol  3 • Étienne Marcel • Les Halles ⇒ A B D • Châtelet  1 7 11 14 • Cité • Saint-Michel ⇒ B C • Odéon  10 • Saint-Germain-des-Prés • Saint-Sulpice • Saint-Placide • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe  6 12 13 • Vavin • Raspail  6 • Denfert-Rochereau  6 B • Mouton-Duvernet • Alésia • Porte d'Orléans