Charonne station

Charonne is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro. It was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Montreuil.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Paris Métro station
  • Also known as: “Charonne”, “Charonne (place du 6-Février-1962)”, and “Estacion de Charonne”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Père Lachaise Cemetery and Ruins of Bastille.

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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 northeast of Charonne station.

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 by the kings of France. is situated 1¼ km west of Charonne station.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 130 metres north of Charonne 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
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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.

Charonne station

Latitude
48.85474° or 48° 51′ 17″ north
Longitude
2.3853° or 2° 23′ 7″ east
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8FW4V93P+V4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 256443438
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q948012
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Satellite Map

Discover Charonne station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Charonne station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شارون”
  • Basque: “Charonne”
  • Breton: “Charonne”
  • Chinese: “沙罗讷站”
  • Chinese: “沙隆”
  • Czech: “Charonne”
  • Dutch: “Charonne”
  • Esperanto: “Charonne”
  • Finnish: “Charonne”
  • French: “Charonne”
  • German: “Charonne”
  • Hungarian: “Charonne metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Charonne”
  • Italian: “Charonne”
  • Lombard: “Charonne”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Charonne”
  • Norwegian: “Charonne”
  • Polish: “Charonne”
  • Portuguese: “Charonne”
  • Portuguese: “Estação Charonne”
  • Russian: “Шаронн”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Charonne”
  • Urdu: “چارون اسٹیشن”

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