Bréguet-Sabin: station history
Served by: metro line 5.
Did you know?
The name combines two tributes: rue Bréguet, which honours the Breguet family, including the Swiss-born watchmaker Abraham Louis Breguet (1747-1823), inventor of self-winding watches, and rue Saint-Sabin, whose second half the station keeps, in memory of Charles-Pierre d'Angelesme de Saint-Sabin, a Paris alderman from 1775 to 1777. Built at ground level under boulevard Richard-Lenoir, above the Canal Saint-Martin which runs in a tunnel here, it is close to the Bréguet-Sabin square, rue de Lappe and place des Vosges.
Anecdote
Two of its entrances are Guimard pavilions listed as historic monuments. A scene from Frantic, Roman Polanski's film with Harrison Ford, was shot there in 1988.
Around Bréguet-Sabin
- Place de la Bastille, 350 m away — A symbolic square of the French Revolution, dominated by the Colonne de Juillet and the Opéra Bastille.
- Marché Bastille, 80 m away — One of the largest food markets in Paris, held on Boulevard Richard-Lenoir.
- Cirque d'Hiver, 900 m away — A circular performance hall built in 1852, still active for circus shows and concerts.