Belleville: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro lines 2 and 11.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from its position at the junction of rue de Belleville and boulevard de Belleville, in the north-west of the district of the same name, which refers to the former village of Belleville; the street was its main road and the boulevard marked its western edge. It is served by lines 2 and 11, with platforms in different styles: orange on line 2, green with interwar faience on line 11. On 15 December 2015 the Paris Council voted, on a motion from the PCF-FDG group, a new name for the station: « Belleville - Commune de Paris 1871 ».
Anecdote
In September 2024, as part of the « Ticket to LA » operation, the RATP replaced half of the name plates: the station became « Beverly Hills », subtitled « Los Angeles 2028 », to mark the handover between the Paris and Los Angeles Games.
Around Belleville
- Parc de Belleville, 550 m away — A sloped park offering one of the finest free panoramas over Paris, from the heights of the 20th arrondissement.
- Rue Denoyez, 130 m away — An alley entirely covered in murals and graffiti, a hotspot of Parisian street art.