Corentin Celton: station history
Served by: metro line 12.
Did you know?
The station was originally called Petits Ménages, after the nearby Petits Ménages almshouse, originally in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and transferred to Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1863, freeing up space for the extension of the Bon Marché. The almshouse became the Corentin-Celton hospital, in tribute to Corentin Celton (1901-1943), a Resistance fighter shot at Mont-Valérien, and the station took its name. Its three entrances open onto place Paul-Vaillant-Couturier, with the tunnel running under rue du Général-Leclerc.
Anecdote
With Mairie d'Issy, it is one of only two stations on line 12 decorated in the CMP style. It appears in the first chapter of Jean Echenoz's novel Je m'en vais, and in the comic Nestor Burma contre C.Q.F.D. (2016), under the name Petits Ménages.
Around Corentin Celton
- Hôpital Corentin-Celton, 350 m away — A geriatric hospital in Issy-les-Moulineaux, named after a resistance fighter executed in 1942.
- Parc Henri-Barboux, 400 m away — An urban park in Issy-les-Moulineaux offering green spaces and leisure activities for residents.