Plaisance () is a station on line Line 13 of the

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in the 14th arrondissement. The station opened on 21 January 1937 as part of the original line 14 between Bienvenüe and Porte de Vanves. This line became part of line 13 on 9 November 1976. The station is named after the

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du Maine which was built in the 17th century and possessed an immense park. The word "plaisance" is equivalent to the English "pleasance", that is a

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. It was purchased in 1842 by a surveyor called Couesnon whose son subdivided it, creating the district of ''Plaisance'' between 1858 and 1860, which became one of the largest slums of Paris. The ''Compagnie générale des omnibus'' (a major 19th century operator of horse buses and later trams and motor buses) razed the castle to build garages.

Station layout

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. {{DEFAULTSORT:Plaisance (Paris Metro) Paris Métro stations in the 14th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1937