Jacques Bonsergent () is a
station
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of the
Paris Métro, serving
line 5 and located in the
10th arrondissement of Paris
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.
History
The station was opened on 17 December 1906 as the northern terminus of Line 5 from
Place d'Italie
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, replacing the temporary terminus of
Quai de la Rapée, before the line was extended to
Gare du Nord
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on 15 November 1907. The stations original name of Lancry is after proximity to the Rue de Lancry and its former local owner, Sieur Lancry. The station kept that name until 1946.
The current name refers to the Place Jacques Bonsergent, named after
Jacques Bonsergent
Jacques Bonsergent was a French engineer who was executed by firing squad on 23 December 1940. Bonsergent's execution has been described as the first execution of a French civilian in the German occupation of France in World War II.
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, an engineer who became the first Parisian (and possibly first French) civilian executed by the German occupation in 1940. Bonsergent was born at
Malestroit, in 1912 and was condemned to death by a German military tribunal on 5 December 1940 after being accused, and found guilty, of an act of violence against German soldiers during the night of 10 November. The execution was carried out on 23 December 1940 at the
Bois de Vincennes; the commanding officer was Général
Otto von Stülpnagel. Bonsergent's remains lie in the cemetery at Malestroit, Brittany.
Service for travellers
Access
The station has two access points, each consisting of a fixed staircase:
* Access 1 - Boulevard de Magenta / Place Jacques-Bonsergent - embellished with a mast with a yellow "M" in a circle;
* Access 2 - cnr. Rue de Lancry / Boulevard de Magenta, adorned with a Dervaux candelabrum.
Station layout
Platforms
Jacques Bonsergent station has a standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks and the vault is elliptical. The decor is the style used for most of the metro stations. The lighting strips are white and rounded in the ''Gaudin'' style of the metro revival in the 2000s, and the white ceramic tiles cover the walls, the tunnel exits, and the outlets of the corridors, while the vault is painted white. The advertising frames are metallic, and the station name is written both in
Parisine typeface and in capital letters on enamelled plates. The ''Motte'' style seats are orange. Access is via the south-eastern end.
Bus connections
The station is served by lines 56 and 91 of the
RATP Bus Network and, at night, by lines N01 and N02 of the
Noctilien network.
References
Paris Métro stations in the 10th arrondissement of Paris
Railway stations in France opened in 1906
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