Owned by RATP Fare zone 1 Owner RATP Group | Operated by RATP Opened 10 December 1933 | |
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Location 11th arrondissement of Paris
Île-de-France
France Address Place Léon Blum, 75011 Paris, France Similar Charonne, Saint‑Ambroise, Rue des Boulets, Oberkampf, Mairie de Montreuil | ||
Voltaire is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located in the Place Léon Blum (formerly called the Place Voltaire) along with the town hall of the 11th arrondissement, which serves a lively district.
The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu – Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. It is named after the Rue Voltaire, which is named after François-Marie Arouet (1694–1778), better known under the pen name Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher.
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