Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Owner RATP Group | Operated by RATP Opened 9 January 1910 | |
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Location 147, boul. Saint-Germain
168 bis, boul. Saint-Germain
6th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Address 157 Boulevard Saint-Germain, 75006 Paris, France Similar Saint‑Sulpice, Odéon, Saint‑Placide, Mairie de Montrouge, Vavin | ||
Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a station on line 4 of the Paris Métro, serving the Saint-Germain-des-Prés area in the heart of the Left Bank in the 6th arrondissement.
The station was opened on 9 January 1910 as part of the connecting section of the line under the Seine between Châtelet and Raspail. It is named after the Place Saint-Germain and the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, dedicated on 23 December 558 by the son of Clovis, Childebert I (ruled 511–558), at the request of St. Germain, Bishop of Paris. Childebert died the same day and was buried in it. More than a thousand years later the remains of the philosopher René Descartes were also buried in it. The expression "des-Prés" refers to the Prés aux Clercs ("fields of the scholars") used for the erection of buildings to house the University of Paris.
Nearby are the Left Bank, the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Café de Flore and Les Deux Magots (café).