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 139, boul. de Ménilmontant
11th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Similar Couronnes, Père Lachaise, Avron, Alexandre Dumas, Philippe Auguste | ||
Ménilmontant is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.
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 Boulevard de Ménilmontant, which was named after a hamlet, annexed by Belleville before the French Revolution and in turn by Paris in 1860. It was the location of the Barrière de Ménilmontant, 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.
References
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