Louise Michel is a station on Paris Métro Line 3

Paris Metro Line 3

Line 3 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system in Paris, France. Connecting Pont de Levallois - Bécon station in the near western suburbs to Gallieni in the east, the location of Paris' international bus station...

. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret

Levallois-Perret

Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...

, northwest of the capital.

History

Louise Michel was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret

Porte de Champerret (Paris Metro)

Porte de Champerret is a station on Paris Métro Line 3.The station is named after the Porte de Champerret, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris on the way to the hamlet of Champerret, which was merged with the commune of Levallois-Perret in 1867...

 to Pont de Levallois – Bécon

Pont de Levallois - Bécon (Paris Metro)

Pont de Levallois – Bécon is a station of the Paris Métro, the western terminus of Line 3, located in the commune of Levallois-Perret. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret....

. It was originally called Vallier, after a mountain (2839m) in the Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

 near the Val d'Aran

Val d'Aran

The Val d'Aran is a valley in the Pyrenees mountains and a comarca in the northwestern part of the province of Lleida, in Catalonia, northern Spain. Most of the valley constitutes the only part of Spain, and of Catalonia, on the north face of the Pyrenees, hence the only part of Catalonia whose...

. It was renamed on 1 May 1946 to Louise Michel

Louise Michel

Louise Michel was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She often used the pseudonym Clémence and was also known as the red virgin of Montmartre...

, in honour of the French anarchist and communarde

Paris Commune

The Paris Commune was a government that briefly ruled Paris from March 18 to May 28, 1871. It existed before the split between anarchists and Marxists had taken place, and it is hailed by both groups as the first assumption of power by the working class during the Industrial Revolution...

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Layout

Side Platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

towards Pont de Levallois – Bécon Pont de Levallois - Bécon (Paris Metro) Pont de Levallois – Bécon is a station of the Paris Métro, the western terminus of Line 3, located in the commune of Levallois-Perret. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret....

towards Gallieni Gallieni (Paris Metro) Gallieni is a station on Paris Métro Line 3, being its eastern terminus. It was opened on 2 April 1971 when the line was extended from Gambetta...

Side Platform Side platform A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

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