Jussieu (Paris Métro)

Jussieu
Paris Métro station
Line 10 platforms at Jussieu
Location	5th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°50′46″N 2°21′21″E / 48.846052°N 2.355738°ECoordinates: 48°50′46″N 2°21′21″E / 48.846052°N 2.355738°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	26 April 1931
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Place Monge toward Villejuif - Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Sully - Morland toward La Courneuve - 8 Mai 1945 Cardinal Lemoine toward Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud Gare d'Austerlitz Terminus
Location
Jussieu Location within Paris

Jussieu is a station on lines 7 and 10 of the Paris Métro in the eastern part of the Latin Quarter in the 5th arrondissement.

The station was opened on 26 April 1931 with the extension of line 7 from Pont de Sully to Place Monge and its incorporation of part of Line 10 from Place Monge to Porte de Choisy. At the same time the remaining section of line 10 was extended from the new station of Cardinal Lemoine to Jussieu. The station is under and named after the Place Jussieu, which was named after the De Jussieu family of famous botanists and historians of the natural world, several of whom have been associated with the nearby Jardin des Plantes.

The station used to be called "Jussieu-Halles-aux-vins" after the wine market created there by Napoleon Bonaparte. This name has been shortened because, after 1957, the market was replaced by the Jussieu Campus of the University of Paris.

Nearby attractions

• The Université Pierre et Marie Curie
• The Arènes de Lutèce, an ancient Roman amphitheatre
• The Jardin des Plantes
• The Institut du Monde Arabe (Institute of the Arab World)

Station layout

Street Level

B1

Mezzanine

Line 10 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Westbound	← toward Boulogne – Pont de Saint-Cloud (Cardinal Lemoine)
	Eastbound	→ toward Gare d'Austerlitz (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Line 7 platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry (Place Monge)
	Northbound	→ toward La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 (Sully – Morland) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Gallery

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  Street-level entrance at Jussieu

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  Line 7 platforms at Jussieu

References

• Pierre Miquel, Petite Histoire des Stations de Métro. Paris: Editions Albin Michel, 1993.