Picpus station
Picpus is a station on Line 6 of the Paris Metro in the 12th arrondissement. The station is located under the Avenue de Saint-Mandé, to the west of the crossroads with the Boulevard de Picpus.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: Paris Métro station
- Also known as: “Picpus”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Picpus Cemetery and Square Courteline.
Picpus Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: LPLT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Picpus Cemetery is the largest private cemetery in Paris, France, and is located in the 12th arrondissement. It was created from land seized from the convent of the Chanoinesses de St-Augustin, during the French Revolution. Picpus Cemetery is situated 130 metres south of Picpus station.
Square Courteline
Park
Photo: O.Taris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Square Courteline is a park, which is situated 130 metres east of Picpus station.
Place de la Nation
Square
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The Place de la Nation is a circle on the eastern side of Paris, between the Place de la Bastille and the Bois de Vincennes, on the border of the 11th and 12th arrondissements. Place de la Nation is situated 490 metres northwest of Picpus station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 12th arrondissement and Porte de Saint-Mandé.
12th arrondissement
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 12th arrondissement of Paris is one of the largest of the city's districts even without the 2,460 acre Bois de Vincennes, which more than doubles its size.
Picpus station
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.84518° or 48° 50′ 43″ northLongitude
2.40052° or 2° 24′ 2″ eastOpen location code
8FW4RCW2+36OpenStreetMap ID
node 264490283OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q589686
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Picpus station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بيكبو”
- Basque: “Picpus”
- Breton: “Picpus”
- Chinese: “皮克皮斯”
- Chinese: “皮克皮斯站”
- Croatian: “Picpus”
- Czech: “Picpus”
- Dutch: “Picpus”
- Esperanto: “Picpus”
- Finnish: “Picpus”
- French: “Picpus - Courteline”
- French: “Picpus”
- French: “Saint-Mandé”
- German: “Picpus”
- Hungarian: “Picpus metróállomás”
- Hungarian: “Picpus”
- Italian: “Picpus”
- Latin: “Picpus”
- Lombard: “Picpus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Picpus”
- Norwegian: “Picpus”
- Polish: “Picpus”
- Portuguese: “Estação Picpus”
- Portuguese: “Picpus”
- Romanian: “Picpus”
- Russian: “Пикпю”
- Russian: “Пикпюс”
- Slovak: “Picpus”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Picpus”
- Spanish: “Estación de Picpus”
- Urdu: “پیکپس اسٹیشن”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint-Mande - Picpus and École Saint-Michel de Picpus.
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