Exelmans is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro on the Boulevard Exelmans.
The station opened on 8 November 1922 with the opening of the first section
of the line from Trocadéro.
Exelmans (1775-1852) was a General of Napoleon's Cavalry. He was captured
by Spanish guerrillas in 1811, but managed to escape from a boat in the English
Channel while being taken to England.
He was distinguished at the battle of Rocquencourt, the last battle of Napoleon's
Grande Armée on 1 July 1815. He received the Grand Cross of the
Légion d'honneur in 1850 and was made a Marshal of France in 1851.
October 8, 2018