Jourdain: history and sights
Served by: metro line 11.
Did you know?
Named after Marshal Jourdan, a French Revolutionary general who won the Battle of Fleurus in 1794, a decisive victory for the young Republic.
Anecdote
The Battle of Fleurus saw one of the first military uses of an observation balloon to monitor the enemy.
Around Jourdain
- Parc de Belleville, 400 m away — A sloped park offering one of the finest free panoramas over Paris, from the heights of the 20th arrondissement.
- Rue Denoyez, 800 m away — An alley entirely covered in murals and graffiti, a hotspot of Parisian street art.
- Regard Saint-Martin, 300 m away — A former 17th-century water inspection chamber, a remnant of the aqueducts that once supplied Paris with drinking water.