Voltaire (Paris Métro)

Voltaire
Date opened	10 December 1933 (1933)
Municipality/ Arrondissement	the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Fare zone	1
Next stations
Paris Métro Line 9 Direction Pont de Sèvres Direction Mairie de Montreuil Saint-Ambroise Charonne
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Location of metro station

Voltaire is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. The station is located in the Place Léon Blum (formerly called the Place Voltaire) along with the town hall of the 11th arrondissement, which serves a lively district.

The station was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Montreuil. It is named after the Rue Voltaire, which is named after François-Marie Arouet (1694 – 1778), better known under the pen name Voltaire, a French Enlightenment writer and philosopher.