Parmentier (Paris Métro)

Parmentier
Paris Métro station
Location	48, av. de la République 11th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°51′55″N 2°22′28″E / 48.865299°N 2.374381°E / 48.865299; 2.374381Coordinates: 48°51′55″N 2°22′28″E / 48.865299°N 2.374381°E / 48.865299; 2.374381
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	19 October 1904 (1904-10-19)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station République toward Pont de Levallois - Bécon Rue Saint-Maur toward Gallieni
Location
Parmentier Location within Paris

Parmentier is a station on Paris Métro Line 3. It was opened on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers.

It is on the Avenue Parmentier, which is named after the administrator and scientist Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, promoter of cultivating the potato as a food source (for humans) in France and throughout Europe.