Porte de la Chapelle: origin of the name and station history
Served by: metro line 12.
Why this name?
Opened in 1916 with the last extension of the Nord-Sud line A, in the middle of the First World War, the station is named after the Porte de la Chapelle, which extended rue de la Chapelle, the main street of the former commune of La Chapelle, absorbed by Paris in 1860. It lies on the border between the Goutte-d'Or and La Chapelle districts. The station lost its terminus status at the end of 2012, when the line was extended to Front Populaire. The Arena Porte de la Chapelle, the Chapelle-Charbon park and the Paris cemetery of La Chapelle are nearby.
Anecdote
The subtitle « Saint-Denis » appears on the platform tiles, a unique case for a Nord-Sud style station. With Solférino, it is one of only two stations on line 12 to have kept this original style on its platforms, never having been renovated.
Around Porte de la Chapelle
- Adidas Arena, 220 m away — A modern multi-sport venue opened in 2024, which hosted several events during the Paris Olympic Games.
- Basilique du Sacré-Cœur, 1750 m away — A Romano-Byzantine basilica crowning Paris from the Butte Montmartre, reachable from this station.