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Montrouge
Montrouge () is a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, located from the centre of Paris. It is one of the most densely populated municipalities in Europe. After a long period of decline, the population has increased again in recent years. History The name "Montrouge" means Red Mountain - from ''mont'' (mountain) and ''rouge'' (red) - because of the reddish colour of the earth in this area. The name of the community was first mentioned in monastery documents in 1194. Throughout the Middle Ages, the hamlet was home to monasteries and a number of religious orders, while in the 15th century it became the site of quarries used for the reconstruction of Paris. The late sixteenth century saw the plain of Montrouge named "reserve for royal hunts", and during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries it was known for its windmills, which have all now disappeared. On 1 January 1860, the city of Paris was enlarged by annexing neighbouring communes. On that occasion, most of the commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petit-Montrouge
The quartier du Petit-Montrouge is number 55 of the 80 ''quartiers administratifs'' (administrative districts) in Paris. It lies in the XIVe arrondissement, 14th Arrondissement, in the south of the capital. It owes its name to the adjacent commune of Montrouge, of which it formed a part before 1860. It is familiar as the ''quartier Alésia'', from the name of a street that bisects it and from the principal Paris Métro, Métro station that serves it, although the ''quartier Alésia'' does not exactly overlap the quartier du Petit-Montrouge. Location The ''quartier du Petit-Montrouge'' is delimited by Rue Daguerre and Boulevard Saint-Jacques to the north, by Rue de la Tombe-Issoire to the east, by Boulevard Romain Rolland to the south, and Avenue de la Porte de Châtillon and Rue des Plantes and Rue Gassendi to the west. It is bordered to the north by the quartier du Montparnasse, to the east by the quartier du Parc de Montsouris, to the south by the commune of Montrouge, and to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mairie De Montrouge (Paris Métro)
Mairie de Montrouge () is a station of the Paris Métro on line 4 situated in Montrouge. Opened in 2013, it was the first new station of Line 4 in almost one hundred years. The station served as the southern terminus of Paris Métro Line 4 until January 2022, when the southward extension towards Bagneux opened as part of phase two. Location The station is located in Montrouge under the Avenue de la Republique, between Rue Gabriel-Péri and the Place du Marechal-Leclerc. History Line 4 was one of a few Metro lines that was never extended beyond the Parisian city limits, though an initial extension towards La Vache-Noire was originally planned (but was never carried out). Nearly a century after the line's opening, construction of the Montrouge extension commenced, with the new Mairie de Montrouge station opening to passengers on 23 March 2013. It was part of the first stage of an extension of Line 4 to Bagneux (which opened on 13 January 2022). Such an extension had been planned s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 4
Line 4 () is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. Situated mostly within the boundaries of the City of Paris, it connects Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac in the south, travelling across the heart of the city. Until it southern terminus was changed from Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge in 2013, the line was sometimes referred to as the Clignancourt – Orléans Line. At in length, it connects with all Paris Métro lines apart from the very short 3bis and 7bis branch lines, as well as with all 5 RER express lines. It also serves three of the Paris Railway stations, Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, and Gare Montparnasse. It is the second-busiest Métro line after Line 1, carrying over 154 million passengers in 2004. Line 4 was the first line to connect to the south side of the River Seine, through an underwater tunnel built between 1905 and 1907. Line 4 long ran the oldest cars in service on the system, the MP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Métro Line 13
Paris Métro Line 13 (opened as Line B; French: ''Ligne 13 du métro de Paris'') is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro. It was built by the Nord-Sud Company before becoming Line 13 when the Nord-Sud was merged into the Compagnie du chemin de fer métropolitain de Paris (CMP) in 1930. Line 13 was extended in 1976 to reach the northern end of Line 14, which was then absorbed into it. The number 14 was eventually reused for a new line in 1998. Line 13 was once planned to be replaced by a north–south RER line, but this was cancelled after the reorganisation of the Île-de-France region in 1965. Today, Line 13 connects the western part of Paris to the suburbs of Asnières-sur-Seine, Gennevilliers, Clichy, Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine in the north and to Malakoff, Vanves, Châtillon and Montrouge in the south. Serving 32 stations, it is the network's fifth busiest line, with 131.4 million passengers in 2017. The line will be automated in the early 2030s, becom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amedy Coulibaly
Amedy Coulibaly (; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015) was a Malian-French man who was the prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed, and was the hostage-taker and gunman in the Hypercacher Kosher Supermarket siege, in which he killed four hostages before being fatally shot by police. He was a close friend of Saïd and Chérif Kouachi, the gunmen in the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting, to which Coulibaly's shootings were connected. He said he synchronized his attacks with the Kouachi brothers. Coulibaly had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Early life Coulibaly was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, a suburb south-east of Paris, into a Malian Muslim immigrant family. He was the only boy, with nine sisters. He grew up on a housing estate, La Grande Borne, in Grigny, Essonne, Grigny, south of Paris. Starting at the age of 17, he was convicted five times for armed robbery and at leas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbara (Paris Métro)
Barbara () is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 4 in Montrouge and Bagneux. The station was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac. It opened in January 2022. History The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to built the extension began in 2015, and was originally planned to open in 2020. During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called ''Verdun-Sud.'' Following a public vote, the station was named after French singer Barbara, who was buried in the nearby Cimetière parisien de Bagneux. The station was opened on 13 January 2022. The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day. The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Ile-de-France Region (60%), the state (25.7%), and the department of Hauts-de-Seine, in which Barbara is located (14.3%). Architecture and desig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte De Vincennes Siege
On 9 January 2015, Amedy Coulibaly, armed with a submachine gun, an assault rifle, and two Tokarev pistols, entered and attacked a Hypercacher kosher supermarket in Porte de Vincennes in Paris, France. There, Coulibaly murdered four Jewish hostages and held fifteen other hostages during a siege in which he demanded that the Kouachi brothers not be harmed. The siege ended when police stormed the supermarket, killing Coulibaly. The attack and hostage crisis occurred in the wake of the ''Charlie Hebdo'' shooting two days earlier, and concurrently with the Dammartin-en-Goële hostage crisis in which the two ''Charlie Hebdo'' gunmen were cornered. On 16 December 2020, 14 accomplices to both the Jewish supermarket attack and the Charlie Hebdo shooting, including Coulibaly's former partner Hayat Boumeddiene, were convicted. At that time, three of the accomplices, including Bouddiene, had not been captured and were tried in absentia. Hostage-taking On 9 January 2015, Amedy Couliba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac (Paris Métro)
Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac () is a Paris Métro station in Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine. It is the southern terminus of Line 4, and was built as part of a two-station southward extension from Mairie de Montrouge, the previous terminus of the line. The adjacent station is Barbara. The station opened in January 2022. In future, the station will be served by Paris Métro Line 15. History The extension of Line 4 south from Mairie de Montrouge received déclaration d'utilité publique in February 2005. Work to built the extension began in 2015, and was planned to open in 2020. During the planning stages of the extension, the station was tentatively called ''Bagneux.'' Following a public vote, the station was named after Lucie Aubrac, a member of the French Resistance during World War II. The station was opened on 13 January 2022 by Prime Minister Jean Castex. The extension is expected to bring 37,000 new passengers per day. The cost of the extension was 406 million euro, split between Il ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Châtillon, Hauts-de-Seine
Châtillon () is a commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. The town was formerly named ''Châtillon-sous-Bagneux'', and a relic of this denomination remains in at least one road sign in Vanves (located at the junction Boulevard du Lycée and Avenue Charles de Gaulle, and written as ''Châtillon s/ B''). The TGV trains are maintained at the "Établissement Industriel de Maintenance du TGV de Châtillon" (EIM TGV de Châtillon). History The name of the town is first documented in 1192 in the archives of St-Martin-des-Champs Priory in Medieval Latin as "Castellio" ("little castle"). It is not known where this castle was located. Two possible locations are the heights of Châtillon (to the southwest) or in the former market town on the manor. This manor was owned by the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés until 1600, when it was sold to Richard Tardieu. The small town grew slowly. During the 14th century a chapel dedicated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine
Bagneux () is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine department, in the southern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Geography The commune of Bagneux is surrounded by the following communes, from the north and clockwise: Montrouge, Arcueil, Cachan, Bourg-la-Reine, Sceaux, Fontenay-aux-Roses and Châtillon. Transport Bagneux is served by Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac station on Paris Métro Line 4. Bagneux is also served by two stations on the edge of its boundary - Bagneux station on RER line B (on the territory of the neighbouring commune Cachan), and Barbara on Paris Métro Line 4 (on the territory of the neighbouring commune Montrouge). Population Education Primary schools include: *10 preschools *7 elementary schools The commune has four junior high schools (''collèges''): Henri-Barbusse, Joliot-Curie, Romain-Rolland, and École les Jacquets. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Porte D'Orléans
The Porte d'Orléans is one of 17 ''portes'' (city gates of Paris) in the Thiers wall, a defensive wall constructed in the mid-nineteenth century to protect Paris. The wall was demolished after the First World War, creating an open space that was subsequently built up. The Porte d'Orléans is now one of the main gateways to the capital, and is located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Location Porte d'Orléans is located around the Place du 25-Aug-1944, at the crossroads to the north of the Avenue du General Leclerc, the Boulevard Brune, and Boulevard Jourdan, and to the south of the intersection of Avenue de la Porte d'Orléans, the Avenue Ernest-Reyer, the Avenue Paul Appell and Rue de la Légion-Étrangère. History The Porte d'Orléans owes its name to the fact that the road coming from Orleans, known today as Route nationale 20, led there. This axis was of great importance to the Middle Ages to the cohesion of the emerging monarchy as Paris and Orleans were then the two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papier D'Arménie
Armenian paper is a type of incense that has been produced for centuries. The paper is infused with essences, fragrances or essential oils in order to achieve a perfuming or cleansing effect. Examples of Armenian paper include Papier d'Arménie, which is produced in France, and Carta Aromatica d'Eritrea, which is produced in Italy. The scents from the French production is "Tradition", "Arménie" and "Rose". History At the end of the 19th century, Auguste Ponsot discovered that Armenian households would burn ''Styrax'' as a fragrance and disinfectant. Ponsot adopted this habit, and, with the help of the pharmacist Henri Rivier, created his own recipe wherein benzoin resin was dissolved in alcohol then let to soak into blotting paper. The "alchemy" inherent in Papier d'Arménie became a huge success with the emerging importance of hygiene from 1888–1889, and has been steadily produced in Montrouge, France since 1885. In 2006, during the Year of Armenia in France (''Année de l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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