Colonel Fabien station

Colonel Fabien is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the and under the Boulevard de la Vilette.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Paris Métro station
  • Also known as: “Colonel Fabien” and “Combat”
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Place du Colonel Fabien and Gare de Paris-Est.

Garden
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The is a square in Paris straddling the and . Before the liberation of Paris, the square was called the Place du Combat, but it was renamed in honour of the French communist resistance hero Pierre Georges, whose nom de guerre was Colonel Fabien.

Railway station
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The Gare de l'Est, officially Paris-Est, is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in , . It is located in the , approximately 270 meters southeast from the , facing the Boulevard de Strasbourg, part of the north–south axis of Paris created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann. is situated 1 km west of Colonel Fabien station.

Railway station
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The Gare du Nord, officially , is one of the seven large mainline railway station termini in , , and Europe's busiest railway station. is situated 1¼ km west of Colonel Fabien station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Grange aux Belles and 10th arrondissement.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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The of centres on the Canal Saint Martin and the restaurants and cafés which line its banks. Part sleepy faubourg — as suburbs were called in 18th century Paris — and part industrial centre, the has lately enjoyed the benefits of both the booming nightlife scene in the neighbouring 11th, as well as the Parisian cycling and roller-blading boom.

Quarter
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is a of , France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of straddles the borderline between the and the along its main street, the Rue de .

Colonel Fabien station

Latitude
48.87741° or 48° 52′ 39″ north
Longitude
2.371° or 2° 22′ 16″ east
Open location code
8FW4V9GC+XC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 12949733089
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q1110656
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Colonel Fabien station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كولونيل فابيان”
  • Basque: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Breton: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Chinese: “法比安上校”
  • Chinese: “法比安上校站”
  • Czech: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Dutch: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Esperanto: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Finnish: “Colonel Fabien”
  • French: “Colonel Fabien”
  • French: “Combat”
  • German: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Hungarian: “Colonel Fabien metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Indonesian: “Colonel fabien (métro de paris)”
  • Indonesian: “Colonel Fabien (Métro de Paris)”
  • Indonesian: “Colonel Fabien (Paris Metro)”
  • Indonesian: “Colonel Fabien (Paris Métro)”
  • Indonesian: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Italian: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Italian: “Combat”
  • Japanese: “コロネル・ファビアン駅”
  • Lombard: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Colonel Fabien (Paris Metro)”
  • Norwegian: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Polish: “Colonel Fabien (metro w Paryżu)”
  • Polish: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Portuguese: “Colonel Fabien”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Colonel Fabien”
  • Russian: “Колонель-Фабьен”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Colonel Fabien”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Colonel Fabien”
  • Urdu: “کرنل فیبین اسٹیشن”
  • “Colonel Fabien”

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