Ménilmontant (Paris Métro)

Ménilmontant
Paris Métro station
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Location	139, boul. de Ménilmontant 11th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	31 January 1903 (1903-01-31)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Couronnes toward Porte Dauphine Père Lachaise toward Nation
Location
Ménilmontant Location within Paris

Ménilmontant is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 11th and 20th arrondissements.

History

File:La barrière de Ménilmontant.jpeg

The Barrière de Ménilmontant, a gate of the Wall of the Farmers-General

The station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 (known at the time as "2 Nord") from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the Boulevard de Ménilmontant, which was named after a hamlet, annexed by Belleville before the French Revolution and in turn by Paris in 1860. It was the location of the Barrière de Ménilmontant, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished during the 19th century.

Station layout

Street Level

B1	Mezzanine for platform connection

Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← toward Porte Dauphine (Couronnes)
	Platform 2	→ toward Nation (Père Lachaise) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

• Paris Métro Guimard Ménilmontant 2013.jpg

  Street-level entrance at Ménilmontant

• Ménilmontant-quai-rame.jpg

  MF 2000 rolling stock on Line 2 at Ménilmontant

• Insegna Metro Menilmontant.JPG

  Subway entrance