Avron is a station of the Paris Métro on Line 2 on the border of the
11th and 20th arrondissements.
The station was opened on 2 April 1903 when the line was extended
from Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas) to Nation.
It is named after the Rue d'Avron, which is named after a small nearby
plateau that served an important role in the defence of Paris in the
Franco-Prussian War.
It was the location of the Barrière de Montreuil, 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 during
the nineteenth century.
October 8, 2018