Marx Dormoy is a station

Metro station

A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

 on line line 12

Paris Metro Line 12

Paris Métro Line 12 is one of sixteen metro lines in Paris, France. It links Issy-les-Moulineaux in southern Paris to Porte de la Chapelle in the north. With 72 million journeys per year, Line 12 is the eleventh busiest on the Parisian Métropolitan system...

 of the Paris Métro

Paris Métro

The Paris Métro or Métropolitain is the rapid transit metro system in Paris, France. It has become a symbol of the city, noted for its density within the city limits and its uniform architecture influenced by Art Nouveau. The network's sixteen lines are mostly underground and run to 214 km ...

 in the districts of La Chapelle

Quartier de La Chapelle

The Quartier de La Chapelle is a neighborhood of Paris, in the northern part of the 18th arrondissement. It was originally the village of La Chapelle on the outskirts of Paris and a commune in its own right, separated from the commune of Paris by the wall of the Farmers-General...

 and Goutte d'Or

Goutte d'Or

The Goutte d'Or is a neighbourhood in Paris, located in the 18th arrondissement. It is also known as "Little Africa".The neighborhood has large numbers of African and Arab residents. It is known for its open-air market, le marché Dejean. Additionally, some neighborhood associations organise...

 and the 18th arrondissement.

The station opened on 23 August 1916 as part of the extension of the Nord-Sud company

Nord-Sud Company

The Nord-Sud Company was an operator of underground trains in Paris established in 1904, which built two lines and had a concession to build a third...

's line A of from Jules Joffrin

Jules Joffrin (Paris Metro)

Jules Joffrin is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the Clignancourt district and the 18th arrondissement. It is located in Montmartre, between the town hall of the 18th arrondissement and the Notre-Dame-de-Clignancourt church....

 to Porte de la Chapelle

Porte de la Chapelle (Paris Metro)

Porte de la Chapelle is a station on line line 12 of the Paris Métro in the districts of La Chapelle and Goutte d'Or and the 18th arrondissement....

. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro.

The station is named after Marx Dormoy

Marx Dormoy

Marx Dormoy was a French socialist politician, noted for his opposition to the far right.-Early career:Born in Montluçon, he was elected mayor of his native town in 1926, and representative of the Section française de l'Internationale ouvrière to the French National Assembly in 1931 for the Allier...

 (1888-1941), a French socialist politician assassinated by Cagoulards

La Cagoule

La Cagoule , officially called Comité secret d'action révolutionnaire , was a violent French fascist-leaning and anti-communist group, active in the 1930s, and designed to attempt the overthrow of the French Third Republic...

. Until 1946 it was called Torcy after the Place de Torcy, named after Colbert de Torcy

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Torcy , generally called Colbert de Torcy, was a French diplomat, who negotiated some of the most important treaties towards the end of Louis XIV's reign, notably the treaty that occasioned the War of the Spanish Succession , in which the dying Charles II of Spain...

 (1665-1746), who was a nephew of Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

Jean-Baptiste Colbert was a French politician who served as the Minister of Finances of France from 1665 to 1683 under the rule of King Louis XIV. His relentless hard work and thrift made him an esteemed minister. He achieved a reputation for his work of improving the state of French manufacturing...

 and a diplomat and Foreign Minister under Louis XIV

Louis XIV of France

Louis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...

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Nearby is the church of Jeanne d'Arc, where Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Saint Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" , is a national heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. A peasant girl born in eastern France who claimed divine guidance, she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the...

prayed on 3 September 1429 and the la Chapelle market.