Anatole France: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 3.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from rue Anatole-France in Levallois-Perret, formerly rue de Cormeille, which honours François Anatole Thibault, known as Anatole France (1844-1924), writer, Académie française member and Nobel laureate in literature in 1921. It lies at the junction with rue Voltaire. Levallois-Perret town hall, the parc de la Planchette (open to the public in 1924) and the Temple de la Petite Étoile are nearby.
Anecdote
Its platforms are partly offset because of the narrowness of the street above; Commerce and Liège have fully offset platforms for the same reason. The decor follows the Gaudin style, with yellow Akiko seats.
Around Anatole France
- Mairie de Levallois-Perret, 350 m away — The Levallois-Perret town hall, a historic industrial town in the northwestern suburbs.
- Île de la Jatte, 1500 m away — A peaceful island on the Seine, immortalised by Georges Seurat in his famous pointillist painting.