Miromesnil: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro lines 9 and 13.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from rue de Miromesnil, which honours Armand Thomas Hue de Miromesnil (1723-1796), Keeper of the Seals from 1774 to 1787, who had the « question préparatoire », a form of torture used to obtain confessions, abolished. On line 9, it opened with the Trocadéro - Saint-Augustin section; on line 13, with the extension from Saint-Lazare, it was the southern terminus until 18 February 1975, before the extension to Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau.
Anecdote
Exit 1 (avenue Percier) has a curved staircase, a rare feature on the network. Exit 4 (rue La Boétie) is an entrance inside the building at 13 rue de Miromesnil, with two unique signs bearing a yellow « M » in a square. On line 13, it is the first of twelve stations fitted with platform screen doors.
Around Miromesnil
- Parc Monceau, 800 m away — A park created for the Duke of Chartres and finished in 1779 by Carmontelle, who laid out follies including an Egyptian pyramid, a Roman colonnade and a Dutch windmill. In 1797 Garnerin made the first silk parachute jump here.
- Musée Jacquemart-André, 400 m away — A 19th-century mansion turned museum, home to a rich collection of European art.
- Palais de l'Élysée, 350 m away — The official residence of the French president since 1848.