Cambronne (Paris Métro)

Cambronne
Date opened 24 April 1906 (1906)
Municipality/
Arrondissement		 the 15th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone 1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 6
Direction
Charles de Gaulle – Étoile		 Direction
Nation
La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle Sèvres - Lecourbe
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Cambronne is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the Place Cambronne in the 15th arrondissement.

The station opened as part of the former Line 2 South on 24 April 1906, when it was extended from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 Line 2 South was incorporated into Line 5. It was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942. The Place Cambronne commemorates Vicomte Pierre Cambronne (1770–1842) who was a general at the Battle of Waterloo. The station was the location of the Barrière de l’École-Militaire, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished before 1859.[1][2]

Nearby is the headquarters of UNESCO.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ "Barrière de l’École-Militaire, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7743666f.item.f1.langFR. Retrieved 20 December 2009. 
  2. ^ "Barrière de l’École-Militaire" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k208539k.image.f280.langFR. Retrieved 20 December 2009. 
Paris Métro Line 6

Charles de Gaulle — Étoile      • Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro   • Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle    • Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur   • Montparnasse — Bienvenüe     • Edgar Quinet • Raspail   • Denfert-Rochereau     • Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie    • Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy   • Dugommier • Daumesnil   • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation