Chevaleret: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 6.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from rue du Chevaleret, which itself owes its name to a place name in Ivry-sur-Seine where it once led. Elevated, it overlooks the central reservation of boulevard Vincent-Auriol, between rue du Chevaleret and rue Louise-Weiss, between Nationale and Quai de la Gare. It opened with the first section of line 6, between Place d'Italie and Nation. The Salpêtrière hospital is to the north, and bus line 61 serves the station.
Anecdote
The station is covered by a glass roof « in the style of the canopies of the stations of the time ». Inside, its walls are bevelled white tiles, and outside they are brick with geometric patterns; the seats are red, and the semi-direct lighting comes from blue ceiling lights. An extension of line 10 through this station, between Austerlitz station and Ivry-sur-Seine, is under study.
Around Chevaleret
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, 400 m away — The François-Mitterrand site, opened to the public in 1996 and designed by Dominique Perrault. Its 12,000 m² inner garden, closed to the public, holds pines from the forêt de Bord transplanted as mature trees.
- Quartier Paris Rive Gauche, 1500 m away — A new district of the 13th arrondissement, blending contemporary architecture with converted former warehouses.