- Daumesnil (Paris Métro)
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Daumesnil 
Date opened 1 March 1909 Municipality/
Arrondissementthe 12th arrondissement of Paris Fare zone 1 Next stations Paris Métro Line 6 Direction
Charles de Gaulle – ÉtoileDirection
NationDugommier Bel-Air Paris Métro Line 8 Direction
BalardDirection
Créteil – PréfectureMontgallet Michel Bizot List of stations of the Paris Métro 
Location of metro stationDaumesnil is a station on lines 6 and 8 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement.
The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from Place d'Italie to Nation (although part of line 5—some dating back to 2 October 1900—was incorporated into line 6 on 12 October 1942). The line 8 platforms opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Charenton.
It is named after the Avenue Daumesnil, which honours General Pierre Yrieix Daumesnil (1776-1832) who lost a leg at the Battle of Wagram. This station is near the Place Félix Éboué and its name plates refer to Félix Éboué (1884-1944), who brought Chad over to the Free French Forces in 1940, and as a result was made Governor General of French Equatorial Africa. It was the location of the Barrière de Reuilly, a gate 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 during in the nineteenth century.[1][2][3]
Nearby is the Promenade Plantée—a 4.5km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station.
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References
- ^ "Barrière de Reuilly, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7740012w.item.f1.langFR. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Barrière de Reuilly, picture" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b7743632n.item.f1.langFR. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "Barrière de Reuilly" (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k208539k.image.f202.langFR. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
Paris Métro Line 6 Charles de Gaulle — Étoile
• Kléber • Boissière • Trocadéro 
• Passy • Bir-Hakeim • Dupleix • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle 
• Cambronne • Sèvres — Lecourbe • Pasteur 
• Montparnasse — Bienvenüe 
• Edgar Quinet • Raspail • Denfert-Rochereau 
• Saint-Jacques • Glacière • Corvisart • Place d'Italie 
• Nationale • Chevaleret • Quai de la Gare • Bercy 
• Dugommier • Daumesnil • Bel-Air • Picpus • Nation Paris Métro Line 8 Balard
• Lourmel • Boucicaut • Félix Faure • Commerce • La Motte-Picquet — Grenelle 
• École Militaire • La Tour-Maubourg • Invalides 
• Concorde • Madeleine • Opéra 
• Richelieu — Drouot • Grands Boulevards • Bonne Nouvelle • Strasbourg — Saint-Denis • République 
• Filles du Calvaire • Saint-Sébastien — Froissart • Chemin Vert • Bastille • Ledru-Rollin • Faidherbe — Chaligny • Reuilly — Diderot • Montgallet • Daumesnil • Michel Bizot • Porte Dorée • Porte de Charenton • Liberté • Charenton — Écoles • École Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort • Maisons-Alfort — Stade • Maisons-Alfort — Les Juilliottes • Créteil — L'Échat • Créteil — Université • Créteil — Préfecture
Coordinates: 48°50′23″N 2°23′45″E / 48.839644°N 2.395792°ECategories:- Paris Métro line 6
- Paris Métro line 8
- Paris Métro stations in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
- Railway stations opened in 1909
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