Villejuif – Léo Lagrange (Paris Métro)

Villejuif — Léo Lagrange
Date opened 28 February 1985 (1985)
Accesses 34, avenue de Paris
53, avenue de Paris
Municipality/
Arrondissement
Villejuif
Fare zone 2
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 7
Direction
Villejuif – Louis Aragon
Direction
La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945
Villejuif - Paul Vaillant-Couturier Le Kremlin-Bicêtre
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Villejuif – Léo Lagrange is a station of the Paris Métro, located on Line 7. It serves the commune of Villejuif. It was opened when Line 7 was extended from Le Kremlin-Bicêtre to Villejuif – Louis Aragon on 28 February 1985. The station is named after Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), a French socialist politician and under-secretary of state for sport, who helped organise the People's Olympiad in Barcelona in opposition to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and died during the Battle of France. The station is decorated with sporting exhibits.

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