Stalingrad (Paris Métro)

Stalingrad
Paris Métro station
Location	1, rue d'Aubervilliers 244, boul. de la Villette 86, rue de l'Aqueduc 17, rue de Flandre 18, rue de Flandre 1, quai de la Seine 58, rue du Château Landon 10th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°53′03″N 2°21′57″E / 48.88429°N 2.36586°E / 48.88429; 2.36586Coordinates: 48°53′03″N 2°21′57″E / 48.88429°N 2.36586°E / 48.88429; 2.36586
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	31 January 1903 (1903-01-31)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station La Chapelle toward Porte Dauphine Jaurès toward Nation Gare du Nord toward Place d'Italie Jaurès toward Bobigny - Pablo Picasso Louis Blanc toward Villejuif - Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Riquet toward La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945
Location
Stalingrad Location within Paris

Stalingrad is a Paris Métro station on the border between the 10th arrondissement and the 19th arrondissement at the intersection of lines 2, 5, and 7, located at the Place de la Bataille-de-Stalingrad, which is named for the Battle of Stalingrad.

The Line 2 station opened as Rue d'Aubervilliers, named after a nearby street, on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). On 5 November 1910, a separate underground station was opened as part of the first section of line 7 between Opéra and Porte de la Villette a short distance away in the Boulevard de la Villette and named after it. In 1942, the two stations combined to form Aubervilliers – Boulevard de la Villette. The line 5 opened its corresponding station on 12 October 1942 as part of its extension from Gare du Nord to Église de Pantin. In 1946, the section of the Boulevard de la Villette near the station was named the Place de Stalingrad in honour of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad and the station's name was changed to Stalingrad at the same time.

Nearby are the Rotonde de la Villette (part of the Barrière Saint-Martin, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General between 1784 and 1788), the Bassin de la Villette (an artificial lake) and the Canal Saint-Martin.