Pernety: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 13.
Why this name?
A line 13 metro station, in the 14th arrondissement, beneath rue Raymond-Losserand, between Gaîté and Plaisance. It opened with the first section of the former line 14 between Porte de Vanves and Bienvenüe, later passed to line 13. It takes its name from rue Pernety, which honours Viscount Joseph Marie de Pernety (1766-1856), a divisional general who owned the land where this street was opened. Of standard layout, it has two platforms separated by the tracks, an elliptical vault and walls whose lower part is vertical, the street above being narrower.
Anecdote
Entrance no. 1 (rue Pernety) is a fixed staircase on the ground floor of a building at 72 rue Raymond-Losserand, which is rare on the network. On the platform towards Saint-Denis - Université, the former stationmaster's office serves as a "school showcase", with photographs of work by pupils from a vocational school in the neighbourhood. At the end of Maurice Pialat's Loulou (1980), Gérard Depardieu waits for Guy Marchand at the exit of the station; scenes of Night and Day (2007) and Amitiés sincères (2013) were also shot in front of the entrance.
Around Pernety
- Cimetière du Montparnasse, 900 m away — The second largest cemetery in Paris, the final resting place of Baudelaire, Sartre and Beauvoir.
- Rue Raymond-Losserand, 120 m away — A lively shopping street in the 14th arrondissement, lined with local shops.
- Place de Catalogne, 450 m away — A modern square with a distinctive circular design, created by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill.