Inaugurated on May 31, , at the same time as the line's new terminus - Mairie d'Aubervilliers, as you may have guessed - the station is located at Place Henri-Rol-Tanguy in Aubervilliers, not far from the Saint-Denis canal.
It became the th station on the Paris metro and was built as part of the extension of line 12 , which at the time had Front Populaire as its terminus.
For more than 47 years , he was a member of the French parliament , and for more than 55 years, mayor of Fort-de-France , Martinique. In Aubervilliers, a square is named in his honor, followed by the metro station on line 12, when it opens in May Refer your establishment, click here Promote your event, click here.
Route planner. Follow us:. My account. While many Parisians get on or off at this stop every day, few actually know the person who gave it its name. Practical information. Load the map. Worth reading too Paris: the most polluted metro and RER stations. All you need to know about the Paris metro: history, anecdotes, news and rules for users. Did you know? This is the last of Hector Guimard's original Type B metro station aediculae. Metro: where does the iconic white tiling found in every station come from?
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