Notre-Dame-des-Champs station
Notre-Dame-des-Champs  | |||||||||||
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| Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 6th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′40″N 2°19′44″E / 48.844568°N 2.328788°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 5th 1910 | ||||||||||
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Notre-Dame-des-Champs (French pronunciation: [notʁ(ə) dam de ʃã]) is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro in the 6th arrondissement.
History
The station opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the original section of the Nord-Sud Company's line A between Porte de Versailles and Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. It is named after the nearby Notre-Dame des Champs Church on the Boulevard du Montparnasse and is designed by the architect and engineer Gustave Eiffel.
Station layout
| Street Level |
| B1 | Mezzanine |
| Line 12 platforms | ||
| Southbound | ←   toward Mairie d'Issy (Montparnasse – Bienvenüe)
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| Northbound | toward Front Populaire (Rennes) →
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Tiling
The entrance to the station, and the ceramics throughout the station, have maintained the pure style of the Nord-Sud Company. The ceramics above the tunnel entrances indicating the direction of the tunnel are still present. The station's ceramics are by Boulenger & Co; they used pre-printed tiles for the tablets indicating the name of the station, as did the Gien ceramics company subsequently, but the edges of the letters are rounded not angular.
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