General Information
| Completion: | 21 January 1937 |
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| Status: | in use |
Project Type
| Function / usage: |
Below grade metro or light-rail station |
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| Structure: |
Underground structure |
Location
| Location: |
Paris (14th), Paris, Ile-de-France, France |
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| Part of: | |
| Coordinates: | 48° 50' 19" N 2° 19' 20.62" E |
Technical Information
There currently is no technical data available.
Excerpt from Wikipedia
Gaîté is a station on line Line 13 of the Paris Métro in the 14th arrondissement.
The station opened on 21 January 1937 as part of the original line 14 between Bienvenüe and Porte de Vanves. This line became part of line 13 on 9 November 1976. The station is named after the Rue de la Gaîté, which was a country road connecting Clamart with the Barrière du Montparnasse, a gate in the Wall of the Farmers-General at the intersection of the Boulevard Edgar-Quinet and the Rue du Montparnasse (the location of Edgar Quinet station), built between 1784 and 1791 by the Ferme générale, the corporation of tax farmers, to enforce the collection of taxes of goods, including wine, imported into Paris. Guinguettes, restaurants and theatres were built outside the wall, so they could avoid these taxes. "Gaîté" is an old French spelling of "gaiety", reflecting this trade.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Ga%C3%AEté (Paris Métro)" and modified on July 23, 2019 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
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20051546 - Published on:
08/01/2010 - Last updated on:
25/01/2022
