Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac: station history
Served by: metro line 4.
Did you know?
The southern terminus of line 4, the station honours Lucie Aubrac (1912-2007), a history teacher, communist activist, pacifist and Resistance fighter. Residents chose the name in a vote from 17 May to 17 June 2018, from among Champ des Oiseaux, Nina Simone and Lucie Aubrac. Eight metres deep, with three platform tracks and five accesses, it is the 306th station of the Paris metro.
Anecdote
The street artist C215 made two portraits of Lucie Aubrac there, whose lighting, between shadow and light, symbolises the Resistance. A frieze by the artist Ricardo Mosner traces the history of Bagneux's underground spaces, from quarries and mushroom farms to the arrival of the metro.
Around Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac
- Mairie de Bagneux, 800 m away — The Bagneux town hall, a close southern suburb undergoing major urban transformation.
- Carrières de Bagneux, 1250 m away — Former underground limestone quarries, remnants of the mining activity that shaped the town.