Picpus (Paris Métro)

Infobox Paris metro
Name=Picpus
Day=March 1st
Year=1909
Access=
Municipality=the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
Next=
X=215
Y=105

Picpus is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the district of "Picpus" and the "Boulevard de Picpus".

About 1575, the "Rue de Picpus" was a road crossing the area of "Pique-Puce" (flea prick). The Lazare brothers thought that the origin of the name came from an epidemic producing sores resembling insect bites. It was treated miraculously by a monk who settled in the village. He therefore took the name of Pique-Puce (?).

The station has the additional name of Courteline, named after Georges Courteline (1858-1929), whose real name was George Moinaux. He was a French author of satirical comedies such as: Les "Gaietés de l'escadron", "la Paix chez soi", "Le Commissaire est bon enfant".

The station is located under the Avenue de Saint-Mandé, to the west of the crossroads with the "Boulevard de Picpus".

There is only one access, located on the southern side of the Avenue de Saint-Mandé .

Places of interest

*SquareCourteline
*Picpus Cemetery, where, in particular, General La Fayette is buried
*Church of l'Immaculée Conception