Louise Michel: station history
Served by: metro line 3.
Did you know?
The station was first called Vallier, after rue Vallier, which honoured a carpenter who helped build Levallois's first houses. It was renamed Louise Michel (the source notes: in 1946), along with the street, in tribute to the Communard schoolteacher nicknamed the « Red Virgin ». It lies about 100 m from the Paris boundary, under rue Anatole-France, in Levallois-Perret.
Anecdote
It is the fifth in a series of eight stations on the network named after women. It opens on the ground floor of a building, which is rare, and its platforms are narrower than standard because the street above is narrow.
Around Louise Michel
- Mairie de Levallois-Perret, 300 m away — The Levallois-Perret town hall, a historic industrial town in the northwestern suburbs.
- Médiathèque de Levallois, 950 m away — A modern library offering a wide range of cultural resources for residents.