Voltaire (Paris Métro)

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Voltaire

Date opened

10 December 1933

Municipality/
Arrondissement

the 11th arrondissement of Paris

Fare zone

Next stations

Paris Métro Line 9
Direction Pont de Sèvres	Direction Mairie de Montreuil
Saint-Ambroise	Charonne

List of stations of the Paris Métro

Location of metro station

Voltaire is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located in the Place Léon Blum (formerly called the Place Voltaire) along with the town hall of the 11th arrondissement, which serves a lively district.

The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. It is named after the Rue Voltaire, which is named after François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), better known under the pen name Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher.

Station layout

Street Level

Mezzanine

Line 9 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Pont de Sèvres (Saint-Ambroise)
	Eastbound	→ toward Mairie de Montreuil (Charonne) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

v t e	Paris Métro	Line 9
Pont de Sèvres Billancourt Marcel Sembat Porte de Saint-Cloud Exelmans Michel-Ange — Molitor (eastbound) Michel-Ange — Auteuil (westbound) Jasmin Ranelagh La Muette Rue de la Pompe Trocadéro Iéna Alma — Marceau Franklin D. Roosevelt Saint-Philippe du Roule Miromesnil Saint-Augustin Havre — Caumartin Chaussée d'Antin — La Fayette Richelieu — Drouot Grands Boulevards Bonne Nouvelle Strasbourg — Saint-Denis République Oberkampf Saint-Ambroise Voltaire Charonne Rue des Boulets Nation Buzenval Maraîchers Porte de Montreuil Robespierre Croix de Chavaux Mairie de Montreuil

Coordinates: 48°51′28″N 2°22′48″E / 48.857803°N 2.380106°E / 48.857803; 2.380106

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