Saint-Jacques (Paris Métro)

Saint-Jacques
Paris Métro
Paris Métro station
Location 14th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France
Coordinates 48°49′58″N 2°20′13″E / 48.832913°N 2.337081°ECoordinates: 48°49′58″N 2°20′13″E / 48.832913°N 2.337081°E
Other information
Fare zone 1
History
Opened 24 April 1906
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station
toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
Paris Métro Paris Métro Line 6
toward Nation
Location
Saint-Jacques
Location within Paris

Saint-Jacques is a station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 at the Place Saint-Jacques in the 14th arrondissement. The Boulevard Saint-Jacques and the Rue Faubourg Saint-Jacques also intersect the square. It is one of only a few Metro stations that have a combined entrance and ticket hall at street-level.

History

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 station is named after the Rue Faubourg Saint-Jacques, which was originally the Roman road to Orléans and main street of the Roman city of Lutetia. In the Middle Ages it became the pilgimage route of St James (French: Saint-Jacques) from Paris to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Hence the street inside Paris' wall became known as the Rue Saint-Jacques and its extension outside the wall through suburban development (French: Faubourg), became known as the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Jacques. The station was the location of the Barrière Saint-Jacques (known as the Barrière d'Arcueil during the French Revolution), 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 in the nineteenth century.[1][2] Saint Jacques station was one of a number of Paris locations of Stanley Donen's 1963 film Charade, starring Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn.

Places of interest

Nearby are the La Santé Prison and the Institut d'astrophysique de Paris.

Station layout

Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Denfert-Rochereau)
toward Nation toward Nation (Glacière)
Side platform, doors will open on the right
1F Mezzanine for platform connection
Street Level

Gallery

References

  1. "Barrière d'Arcueil, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
  2. "Barrière Saint-Jacques" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

External links

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