Saint-Georges () is a

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on Line 12 of the

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in the 9th arrondissement. The station opened on 8 April 1911 as part of the extension of the

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's line A from Notre-Dame-de-Lorette to

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. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the ''Métro''. The station is named after the ''Rue Saint-Georges'', which became a street in 1734 and leads to the ''Place Saint-Georges'', created in 1824. It was the centre of an estate created by the speculator Dosne, father-in-law of the politician

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. It was renovated during the early 2000s in imitation of the style adopted by the ''Nord-Sud Company'', the original architects of the station. In fact, the current decorative style only vaguely resembles the original: the station name is no longer shown on large ceramic tablets (as at

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and

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) and does not follow the original colour-coding: the edge of the ceramic name tablets should be brown to designate a non-interchange station, rather than green.

Station layout

References

*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton. Paris Métro stations in the 9th arrondissement of Paris Railway stations in France opened in 1911 {{Paris-metro-stub