Courcelles is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 under the
Boulevard de Courcelles on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissement of Paris.
The station was opened on 7 October 1902 as part of the extension of line 2 from
Étoile to Anvers.
The Boulevard was named after the Barrière de Courcelles, a gate built for the collection
of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between
1784 and 1788 and demolished in 1859.
The gate was named after a small village in the area that was absorbed into Paris in 1860.
October 8, 2018