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20th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France |
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Coordinates | 48°51′10″N 2°24′25″E / 48.852851°N 2.40699°ECoordinates: 48°51′10″N 2°24′25″E / 48.852851°N 2.40699°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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Opened | 10 December 1933 | ||||||||||
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Maraîchers is a station of the Paris Métro, on the Rue des Maraîchers. The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. The name of the street, Rue des Maraîchers is French for "street of the market-gardeners". Until the 20th century the hills of Belleville and Montreuil were cultivated by many market-gardeners, whose most famous products were the "peaches of Montreuil".