Voltaire station

Voltaire is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located under Place Léon Blum along with the town hall of the , which serves a lively district.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Paris Métro station
  • Also known as: “Boulevard Voltaire”, “Voltaire”, and “Voltaire (Léon Blum)”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Castle
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The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. is situated 1 km southwest of Voltaire station.

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The 20th arrondissement of lies to the east of the centre and represents an old working-class area now in rapid transformation. The main drawing card here for tourists is the , though, for travellers who are interested in music and culture, this relatively gritty area is probably going to be one of your main night-crawling areas. is situated 1 km east of Voltaire station.

Theater building
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The is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the of , France. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval, its name refers to Ba-ta-clan, an operetta by Jacques Offenbach. is situated 1 km northwest of Voltaire station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 11th arrondissement and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

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The is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.

Suburb
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The was one of the traditional suburbs of , France. It grew up to the east of the around the abbey of , and ran along the Rue du .

Suburb
The is an area of the 20th arrondissement of named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between , the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.

Voltaire station

Latitude
48.85818° or 48° 51′ 29″ north
Longitude
2.37982° or 2° 22′ 47″ east
Elevation
56 metres (184 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V95H+7W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256895321
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
12719554
Wiki­data ID
Q1789126
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Voltaire station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فولتار”
  • Basque: “Voltaire”
  • Bosnian: “Voltaire”
  • Breton: “Voltaire”
  • Chinese: “伏尔泰”
  • Chinese: “伏爾泰站”
  • Czech: “Voltaire”
  • Dutch: “Voltaire”
  • Esperanto: “Voltaire”
  • Finnish: “Voltaire”
  • French: “Voltaire - Léon Blum”
  • French: “Voltaire”
  • German: “Voltaire”
  • Hungarian: “Voltaire metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Voltaire”
  • Italian: “Voltaire-Léon Blum”
  • Italian: “Voltaire”
  • Japanese: “ヴォルテール駅”
  • Lombard: “Voltaire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Voltaire”
  • Norwegian: “Voltaire”
  • Polish: “Voltaire”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Voltaire”
  • Portuguese: “Voltaire”
  • Russian: “Вольтер”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Voltaire”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Voltaire”
  • “Voltaire”

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