Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Opened 17 December 1906 | Operated by RATP Address 75010 Paris, France Owner RATP Group | |
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Location 19, boul. de Magenta
30, boul. de Magenta
10th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Similar Gare de l'Est, Bobigny – Pablo Picasso, Gare du Nord, Bréguet – Sabin, République | ||
Jacques Bonsergent is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 5.
The name refers to the Place Jacques Bonsergent, named for Jacques Bonsergent, an engineer who became the first Parisian (and possibly first French) civilian executed by the German occupation in 1940. The station was named Lancry until 1946.
Bonsergent was born at Malestroit, in 1912 and was condemned to death by a German military tribunal on 5 December 1940 after being accused, and found guilty, of an act of violence against German soldiers during the night of 10 November.
The execution was carried out on 23 December 1940 at the Bois de Vincennes; the commanding officer was Général Otto von Stūlpnagel. Bonsergent's remains lie in the cemetery at Malestroit, Brittany.
Note: The entrance to the station is in Place Jacques Bonsergent, on the east side of Boulevard de Magenta, and not as shown on Google map.