Saint-Mandé: station history
Served by: metro line 1.
Did you know?
The station was first called « Tourelle », after the advance defence towers of the Château de Vincennes, long since destroyed. It was renamed Saint-Mandé - Tourelle to indicate its commune, then shortened to Saint-Mandé in the late 1990s. It lies under avenue de Paris, between place du Général-Leclerc and rue du Parc, and opened with the first extension of line 1 beyond Paris, from Porte de Vincennes to Château de Vincennes.
Anecdote
Saint-Mandé is one of the few stations on the network that bears the name of a single commune while having an entrance in a neighbouring one: its exit 5, place de la Prévoyance, is in Vincennes. Saint-Ouen, on line 14, shares the same feature.
Around Saint-Mandé
- Lac de Saint-Mandé, 500 m away — A small, peaceful lake on the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, popular for quiet walks.
- Château de Vincennes, 750 m away — A former medieval royal residence, Europe's tallest fortified keep.