Hoche: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 5.
Why this name?
The line 5 station is in Pantin, under avenue Jean-Lolive (RN 3), at the junction of rue Hoche and rue du Pré-Saint-Gervais, between Église de Pantin and Porte de Pantin. It opened with the extension of the line from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin. Its name comes from rue Hoche, which honours Lazare Hoche (1768-1797), a general of the French Revolution. It has three exits, all with a Dervaux balustrade, including an escalator reserved for exiting towards rue Charles-Nodier.
Anecdote
On the wall of the platform towards Bobigny - Pablo Picasso, a niche shaped like a small display case presents a bust of Lazare Hoche and images evoking his life. Brown tile advertising frames with geometric patterns, topped with the letter « M », exist in only eight stations on the network. Until 2018, the station name appeared in the Parisine typeface over the original tiles, as at Porte des Lilas; it now appears in the tiles in the original CMP style. The rounded white lighting strips are in the Gaudin style.
Around Hoche
- Stade de France, 1650 m away — France's national stadium, opened in 1998, where the French team won its first football World Cup.