Brochant station

Brochant is a station on Line 13 of the Paris Métro. Located in the 17th arrondissement, it is situated under the Avenue de Clichy at Rue Brochant, from which the station derives its name.

Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Type: Metro station
Description: Paris Métro station
Also known as: “Brochant”
Address: Paris, 75017
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moulin Rouge and Montmartre Cemetery.

Moulin Rouge

Theater building

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Moulin Rouge is a cabaret in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, at the Place Blanche, the intersection and end of the Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was co-founded by Charles Zidler and Joseph Oller, who also owned the Paris Olympia. Moulin Rouge is situated 1¼ km southeast of Brochant station.

Montmartre Cemetery

Cemetery

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The Cemetery of Montmartre is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemetery and the Montparnasse Cemetery. Montmartre Cemetery is situated 1 km southeast of Brochant station.

Square des Batignolles

Park

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The Square des Batignolles, which covers 16,615 square metres of land, is the largest green space in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Designed in the naturalistic English-garden style, it lies in the district of Batignolles, near the new Parc Clichy-Batignolles. Square des Batignolles is situated 450 metres southwest of Brochant station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Batignolles and Porte de Clichy.

Batignolles

Suburb

Batignolles is a neighbourhood of Paris, part of its 17th arrondissement. The neighbourhood is bounded on the south by the Boulevard des Batignolles, on the east by the Avenue de Clichy, on the north by Rue Cardinet and on the west by the Rue de Rome.