Jules Joffrin: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 12.
Why this name?
A line 12 station in the 18th arrondissement, it lies under rue Ordener, at place Jules-Joffrin, between the town hall of the 18th and the church of Notre-Dame-de-Clignancourt. Its name honours Jules Joffrin (1846-1890), city councillor and member of parliament for the 18th arrondissement. Opened when the Nord-Sud line A was extended north of Pigalle, it was a temporary terminus before the extension to Porte de la Chapelle, in the middle of the First World War. Its original Nord-Sud decoration, brown tiles with interlaced « NS » letters, was restored in 2008-2009.
Anecdote
In the corridors, renovated in 2001, the friezes are CMP-style diamonds rather than Nord-Sud waves, a « historical mistake » it shares with Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, Vaugirard, Convention and Guy Môquet. During an April Fool's joke by the RATP, which renamed eleven stations, its name was twisted into « à mon Jules Joffrin baiser ».
Around Jules Joffrin
- Mairie du 18ᵉ arrondissement, 90 m away — A Belle Époque-style district town hall, the administrative heart of the Montmartre district.
- Marché Ordener, 700 m away — A lively neighbourhood market, popular with locals for its fresh produce and friendly atmosphere.
- Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, 550 m away — A basilica crowning Paris from the Butte Montmartre, reachable on foot from this station.