Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Opened 20 January 1912 | Operated by RATP Address 75017 Paris, France Owner RATP Group | |
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Location 17th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Similar La Fourche, Porte de Clichy, Guy Môquet, Place de Clichy, Porte de Saint‑Ouen | ||
Brochant is a station on the north-western branch of Line 13 of the Métro in the 17th arrondissement. The station is situated under the Avenue de Clichy at Rue Brochant, from which the station derives its name.
The station opened 20 January 1912 with the opening of the second branch of line B of the Nord-Sud company from La Fourche to Porte de Clichy. On 27 March 1931 line B became line 13 of the Métro. The street is named after André-Jean-François-Marie Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist and geologist who was responsible for the preparation of geological map of France.
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