Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Opened 24 April 1906 | Operated by RATP Address 75014 Paris, France Owner RATP Group | |
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Location 2, pl. Denfert-Rochereau
3, pl. Denfert-Rochereau
1, av. du Général Leclerc
2, av. du Général Leclerc
4, av. du Général Leclerc
14th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Similar Gare de Denfert‑Rochereau, Mouton‑Duvernet, Raspail, Alésia, Porte d'Orléans | ||
Denfert-Rochereau is a station on the Paris Métro in France. An adjacent station with the same name is served by RER B.
The station opened on 24 April 1906 with the opening of the extension of line 2 Sud from Passy to Place d'Italie. On 14 October 1907 line 2 Sud became part of line 5. On 12 October 1942 the section of line 5 between Étoile and Place d'Italie, including Denfert-Rochereau, was transferred from line 5 to line 6 in order to separate the underground and elevated sections of the metro (because the latter were more vulnerable to air attack during World War II). The line 4 platforms were opened on 30 October 1909 when the southern section of line 4 was opened between Raspail and Porte d'Orléans.
Name
The name of the station refers to Place Denfert-Rochereau, named for the 19th‑century general Pierre Philippe Denfert-Rochereau, who led the resistance of Belfort to a siege during the Franco-Prussian War. The first part of the name is identical in pronunciation to its former name of Place d'Enfer ("Place of Hell"). It is the location of the Barrière d’Enfer, 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 is one of only four of the 55 gates with any surviving remains. The station is sub-titled Colonel Rol-Tanguy, after Henri Rol-Tanguy, a leader in the French Resistance during World War II.