Europe: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 3.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from place de l'Europe, in the heart of the Europe district, whose streets bear the names of European cities: Rome, Milan, Naples, Saint Petersburg, London. With Rome (line 2) and Liège (line 13), it is one of three stations whose name recalls the district they serve. It lies under rue de Rome, at the junction with rue de Madrid, between Villiers and Saint-Lazare, and opened with the first section of line 3, between Avenue de Villiers and Père Lachaise.
Anecdote
It is called « Europe - Simone-Veil », in tribute to the former health minister and first president of the European Parliament, which makes it one of the few stations on the Paris metro to bear a woman's name. Its single entrance, on rue de Madrid, is a Guimard pavilion listed as a historic monument.
Around Europe
- Pont de l'Europe, 120 m away — A star-shaped metal bridge spanning the Gare Saint-Lazare tracks, immortalised by painter Caillebotte.
- Gare Saint-Lazare, 130 m away — Paris's second-busiest railway station, frequently painted by Claude Monet in the 1870s.
- Square des Batignolles, 1200 m away — A 19th-century English-style garden, a peaceful green haven in the heart of the Batignolles district.