Ternes (Paris Métro)

Ternes
Paris Métro station
Location	Pl. des Ternes 3, pl. des Ternes 130, boul. de Courcelles 8th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′40″N 2°17′55″E / 48.87778°N 2.29861°E / 48.87778; 2.29861Coordinates: 48°52′40″N 2°17′55″E / 48.87778°N 2.29861°E / 48.87778; 2.29861
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	7 October 1902 (1902-10-07)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Charles de Gaulle — Étoile toward Porte Dauphine Courcelles toward Nation
Location
Ternes Location within Paris

Ternes is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, under the Place des Ternes on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissement of Paris.

The station was opened on 7 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from Étoile to Anvers. The name of the street derives from Villa Externa (Latin for "external house"), a medieval farm and residence of the Bishop of Paris outside the city, that became the name of the locality, which was originally part of Saint-Denis, then Neuilly, and was finally annexed by Paris in 1860. The Barrière des Ternes was a gate (also known as the Barrière du Roule) at the same location built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1859.