Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Opened 31 January 1903 | Operated by RATP Address 75011 Paris, France Owner RATP Group | |
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Location 37, boul. de Belleville
11th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Similar Ménilmontant, Belleville, Avron, Père Lachaise, Alexandre Dumas | ||
Couronnes is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
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History
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 Rue des Couronnes, which was named after either the local village of Les Couronnes-sous-Savies, or from a tavern called Les Trois Couronnes. It was the location of the Barrière des Trois-Couronnes, 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.
1903 disaster
The station was the site of a fire and stampede that caused the worst catastrophe in the history of the Paris Métro, killing 84 people on 10 August 1903 (earlier estimates had put the number of fatalities at over 100).