Pyrénées station

Pyrénées is a station on line 11 of the Paris Métro in the 19th and 20th arrondissements. It is named after the nearby rue des Pyrénées, which is named after the Pyrenees mountains.

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Type: Metro station
Description: Paris Métro station
Also known as: “Pyrénées”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Parc de Belleville and École des ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris.

Parc de Belleville

Park

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The Parc de Belleville, one of the parks and gardens of the 20th arrondissement of Paris, is situated between the Parc des Buttes Chaumont and the Père Lachaise Cemetery. Parc de Belleville is situated 260 metres south of Pyrénées station.

École des ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris

College

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The École des ingénieurs de la ville de Paris is the only French grande école with an emphasis on urban engineering. The top-level graduate school, which is already actively involved in networks bringing together distinguished schools of higher education, has taken another step by partnering with École des Ponts ParisTech. École des ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris is situated 260 metres west of Pyrénées station.

Buttes-Chaumont Park

Park

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The Parc des Buttes Chaumont is a public park situated in northeastern Paris, France, in the 19th arrondissement. Occupying 24.7 hectares, it is the fifth-largest park in Paris, after the Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, Parc de la Villette and Tuileries Garden.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Belleville and Ménilmontant.

Belleville

Quarter

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Belleville is a neighbourhood of Paris, France, parts of which lie in four different arrondissements. The major portion of Belleville straddles the borderline between the 20th arrondissement and the 19th along its main street, the Rue de Belleville.

Ménilmontant

Suburb

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Ménilmontant is a neighbourhood of Paris, situated in the city's 20th arrondissement. It is roughly defined as the area north of the Père Lachaise Cemetery, south of Parc de Belleville, and between Avenue Jean-Aicard on the west and Rue Pelleport on the east.