Châtelet–Les Halles station
Châtelet–Les Halles station is a major train hub in Paris and the largest underground station in the world. Opened in 1977, it is the central transit hub for the Paris metropolitan area, connecting three of five RER commuter-rail lines and five of sixteen Métro lines.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: RER station
- Also known as: “CHATELET LES HALLES” and “Gare de Châtelet – Les Halles”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Centre Georges Pompidou and Forum des Halles.
Centre Georges Pompidou
Arts center
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. Centre Georges Pompidou is situated 410 metres east of Châtelet–Les Halles station.
Forum des Halles
Shopping center
Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Notre Dame de Paris
Church
Photo: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Notre Dame de Paris is situated 1 km south of Châtelet–Les Halles station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Quartier des Halles and Sentier.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
Photo: Mbzt, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
Sentier
Suburb
Sentier is a neighbourhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris which has been known historically as a multicultural textile and garment manufacturing district.
4th arrondissement
Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.
Châtelet–Les Halles station
- Categories: underground railway station, S-Bahn station, station, and transportation
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
48.86164° or 48° 51′ 42″ northLongitude
2.34704° or 2° 20′ 49″ eastInception
December 9th, 1977Operator
RATP;SNCFNetwork
REROpen location code
8FW4V86W+MROpenStreetMap ID
node 3190883103OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q800627
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Châtelet–Les Halles station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Châtelet–Les Halles station” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شاتليه - لي هال”
- Catalan: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Chinese: “沙特莱-大堂”
- Chinese: “沙特莱-大堂站”
- Chinese: “沙特萊-大堂站”
- Czech: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Czech: “Châtelet – Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Chatelet - Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Station Chatelet - Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Station Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Station Chatelet-Les Halles”
- Dutch: “Station Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Esperanto: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- French: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- French: “Châtelet les Halles”
- French: “Châtelet-les-Halles”
- French: “gare de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- French: “Gare de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- German: “Bahnhof Châtelet - Les Halles”
- German: “Bahnhof Châtelet – Les Halles”
- German: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- German: “Châtelet – Les Halles”
- German: “Châtelet Les Halles”
- German: “Châtelet/Les Halles”
- Greek: “σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Σατλέ - Λες Αλ”
- Greek: “Σιδηροδρομικός σταθμός Σατλέ-Λε Αλ”
- Hebrew: “גאר דה שאטלה - לה האל”
- Hungarian: “Gare de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Hungarian: “Gare de Châtelet – Les Halles”
- Indonesian: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Italian: “Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Italian: “stazione di Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Italian: “Stazione di Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Japanese: “シャトレ-レ・アル駅”
- Japanese: “シャトレ・レ・アル駅”
- Japanese: “シャトレ＝レ・アル駅”
- Korean: “샤틀레 - 레 알”
- Korean: “샤틀레 레알역”
- Lithuanian: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Portuguese: “Estação de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Russian: “Шатле — Ле-Аль”
- Spanish: “Chatelet Les halles”
- Spanish: “Chatelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Châtelet Les halles”
- Spanish: “Châtelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Chatelet-Les halles”
- Spanish: “Chatelet-Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Châtelet-Les halles”
- Spanish: “Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Chatelet - Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estación de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Chatelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Châtelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estación de Chatelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estación de Châtelet Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Chatelet-Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estacion de Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estación de Chatelet-Les Halles”
- Spanish: “Estación de Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Swedish: “Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Swedish: “Châtelet-Les Halles”
- Turkish: “Châtelet–Les Halles Garı”
- Turkish: “Gare de Châtelet–Les Halles”
- Ukrainian: “Шатле — Ле-Аль (станція)”
- Ukrainian: “Шатле — Ле-Аль”
- Urdu: “شاٹلے–لے ہالز اسٹیشن”
- Venetian: “Stasion de Châtelet - Les Halles”
- Wu Chinese: “沙特莱-大堂站”
- “Châtelet - Les Halles”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Grand Balcon Est and Conservatoire Mozart.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Tamaris and Krispy Kreme.
Paris: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into La Défense, 1st arrondissement, 7th arrondissement, and 2nd arrondissement.
Curious Railway Stations to Discover
Uncover intriguing railway stations from every corner of the globe.