Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa

Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa is a community center in Paris, Île-de-France. Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa is situated nearby to the public building Bains-douches des Haies, as well as near the library Bibliothèque Louise Michel.

Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday: 1:00 PM—10:00 PM
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00 AM—10:00 PM
Saturday: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
Type: Community center
Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Buzenval station and Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Buzenval station

Metro station

Photo: Cramos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Buzenval is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro in the 20th arrondissement. It lies under the Rue de Buzenval, which it is named after. Its name commemorates the Battle of Buzenval which took place on 19 January 1871, part of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. Buzenval station is situated 110 metres southeast of Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Père Lachaise Cemetery

Photo: Connie Ma, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The 20th arrondissement of Paris 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 Père-Lachaise Cemetery, 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. Père Lachaise Cemetery is situated 1 km northwest of Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Jardin Casque d’Or

Park

Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.

Jardin Casque d’Or is a park, which is situated 170 metres north of Centre d’animation Ken Saro-Wiwa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charonne quarter and Porte de Vincennes.

Charonne quarter

Suburb

The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter, the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter.