Maraîchers: history and sights
Served by: metro line 9.
Did you know?
Serves a district of the 20th arrondissement whose name recalls the many market gardeners who once grew vegetables on this land before Paris was urbanised.
Anecdote
Before the 19th century, eastern Paris had many market-garden plots supplying the capital with fresh vegetables.
Around Maraîchers
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, 800 m away — Paris's largest cemetery, the final resting place of Chopin, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison.
- Rue des Pyrénées, 500 m away — A long shopping street crossing all of eastern Paris, lined with local shops.
- Square Séverine, 1250 m away — A small neighbourhood square, a pleasant green break in the 20th arrondissement.