Pelleport: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 3 bis.
Why this name?
The station takes its name from rue Pelleport, which honours Viscount Pierre de Pelleport (1773-1855), an Imperial general who defended the district in 1814. During the Occupation, its chief supervisor, Lucien Noël, organised a Resistance network there from 1940; arrested in October 1941, he was shot at Mont-Valérien, and a plaque in his honour stands on the Gambetta-bound platform. The station belongs to line 3 bis, born from the detachment of the Gambetta - Porte des Lilas section.
Anecdote
The entrance pavilion on place Paul-Signac, designed in 1922 by Charles Plumet, has bas-reliefs and faience. Because of the great depth of the platforms, the station has two lifts and seven fixed staircases. An episode of the TV series « Un gars, une fille » was shot there.
Around Pelleport
- Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, 850 m away — Paris's largest cemetery, the final resting place of Chopin, Édith Piaf and Jim Morrison.
- Parc de Belleville, 1200 m away — A sloped park offering one of the finest free panoramas over Paris.
- Square Séverine, 850 m away — A small neighbourhood square, a pleasant green break in the 20th arrondissement.