Censier - Daubenton is a station of the Paris Métro. It opened

on 15 February 1930 as part of a planned section of line Line 7,

which was temporarily operated as part of Line 10 until the

completion of the under-Seine crossing of line 7 from Pont de Sully

to Place Monge.

 

The station was integrated into line 7 on 26 April 1931.

 

It is named after the streets of Rue Censier and Rue Daubenton.

Censier is the name of the locality. Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton

was a naturalist who collaborated with Georges-Louis Leclerc,

Comte de Buffon on his Histoire Naturelle (French for "Natural History").

Daubenton was the first director of the nearby natural history museum,

the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.

 

Prior to 1965, the station was known as Censier-Daubenton aux cuirs.

Aux cuirs is French for "leather market" and referred to the leather market

along the Bièvre River, which is now covered in the area.