Croix de Chavaux: station history
Served by: metro line 9.
Did you know?
Place Jacques-Duclos in Montreuil used to be called Croix-de-Chavaux: a junction where six roads met, leading to Paris, Rosny-sous-Bois, Bagnolet and Vincennes. « Croix » would refer to a crossroads cross, visible on the Roussel plan and the Cassini map; « Chavaux » would be a distortion of « chevaux » (horses), since the horses of mail coaches and stagecoaches were changed there. Jacques Duclos, a Montreuil resident, was a leader of the French Communist Party. The station serves a shopping centre and the Marcellin-Berthelot school complex.
Anecdote
Its 105 m platforms were modernised in the Andreu-Motte style (yellow). In 2016 the original benches and seats were replaced; only two light ramps remain from the original decor.
Around Croix de Chavaux
- Mairie de Montreuil, 400 m away — The Montreuil town hall, a town once renowned for its peach orchards.
- Murs à pêches, 1150 m away — Remnants of the famous heated walls once used to grow peaches in Montreuil.