Jaurès is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2, Line 5, and Line 7bis in the 10th and 19th arrondissements.
The station was opened on 23 February 1903, three weeks after line 2 was extended from Anvers to Bagnolet, now called Alexandre Dumas on 31 January 1903.
The station was originally called Rue d'Allemagne ("Street of Germany"). On 1 August 1914, just before the outbreak of World War I the name of the street and the station were changed to Rue de France as a result of the rising tensions with Germany, at the same time as the name of Berlin station was changed to Liège. However, just before the socialist and pacifist politician Jean Jaurès had been assassinated and the station and street were soon renamed after him. Jean Jaurès is one of the only two people to have two Paris metro stations named for him (with Boulogne - Jean Jaurès); the other is Michelangelo (with Michel-Ange - Molitor and Michel-Ange - Auteuil). Fare Zone: 1.
October 8, 2018