Marx Dormoy () is a station on line 12 of the

Paris Métro The Paris Métro (french: Métro de Paris ; short for Métropolitain ) is a rapid transit system in the Paris metropolitan area, France. A symbol of the Paris, city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform ar ...

in the districts of La Chapelle and

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and the

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. The station opened on 23 August 1916 as part of the extension of the

Nord-Sud company The Nord-Sud Company (English: North-South; french: Société du chemin de fer électrique souterrain Nord-Sud de Paris) was an operator of underground trains in Paris established in 1904, which built two lines (now Line 12 and part of Line ...

's line A from Jules Joffrin to

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. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the ''Métro''. The station is named after

Marx Dormoy René Marx Dormoy (, 1 August 1888 – 26 July 1941) was a French socialist politician, noted for his opposition to the far right. Under his leadership as Minister of the Interior in the government of Léon Blum, the French police infiltrated ...

(1888–1941), a French socialist politician assassinated by

Cagoulards La Cagoule (''The Cowl'', press nickname coined by the ''Action Française'' nationalist Maurice Pujo), originally called the ''Organisation secrète d'action révolutionnaire nationale'' (Osarn or OSAR; Secret Organisation for revolutionary nat ...

. Until 1946 it was called ''Torcy'' after the ''Place de Torcy'', named after Colbert de Torcy (1665–1746), who was a nephew of Colbert and a diplomat and Foreign Minister under

Louis XIV , house = Bourbon , father = Louis XIII , mother = Anne of Austria , birth_date = , birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France , death_date = , death_place = Palace of Vers ...

. Nearby is the church of ''Jeanne d'Arc'', where

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prayed on 3 September 1429 and the ''la Chapelle'' market.

Station layout

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 18th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1916 {{Paris-metro-stub