Ménilmontant (Paris Métro)

Ménilmontant
Date opened	31 January 1903 (1903)
Accesses	139, boul. de Ménilmontant
Municipality/ Arrondissement	the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 2 Direction Porte Dauphine Direction Nation Couronnes Père Lachaise
List of stations of the Paris Métro
Location of metro station

Ménilmontant is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

History

The Barrière de Ménilmontant, a gate of the Wall of the Farmers-General

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the Boulevard de Ménilmontant, which was named after a hamlet, annexed by Belleville before the French Revolution and in turn by Paris in 1860. It was the location of the Barrière de Ménilmontant, 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 during the 19th century.^[1]

Station layout

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← toward Porte Dauphine (Couronnes)
	Platform 2	→ toward Nation (Père Lachaise) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

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  MF 2000 rolling stock on Line 2 at Ménilmontant

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References

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Coordinates: 48°51′58″N 2°23′01″E / 48.866248°N 2.383618°E / 48.866248; 2.383618