Convention: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 12.
Why this name?
Opened with the first section of the Nord-Sud line A, between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, the station takes its name from rue de la Convention, linked to the National Convention, the assembly that sat from 1792 to 1795. It stands at the junction of rue de Vaugirard, rue de la Convention and rue Alain-Chartier, on place Geneviève-de-Gaulle-Anthonioz, between Vaugirard and Porte de Versailles.
Anecdote
The semi-elliptical vault is typical of the old Nord-Sud stations, and the station has kept its original ceramic decoration; its platforms are 75 m long. Since the 1950s the walls have been clad in metal.
Around Convention
- Parc Georges-Brassens, 290 m away — A park laid out on the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses, with a vineyard, climbing rocks and a book market.
- Place de la Convention, 230 m away — The commercial heart of the district, named after the revolutionary assembly that proclaimed the First Republic.