Ledru-Rollin (Paris Métro)

Infobox Paris metro
Name=Ledru-Rollin
Day=5 May
Year=1931
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Municipality=the 11th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
Next=
X=180
Y=92

Ledru-Rollin is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the "Avenue Ledru-Rollin". The street is named after the lawyer Alexandre Auguste Ledru-Rollin (1807-1874) who was elected as radical député in 1841 and founded the newspaper "La Réforme". He was a convinced republican was appointed "Minister of the Interior" in 1848 and organised the introduction of universal suffrage. Following Napoleon III's election as President and the riots of 1849, he took refuge in England.

Places of interest

*Promenade Plantée - a 4.5km long elevated garden along the abandoned railway which led to the former Gare de La Bastille railway station.
*Opéra Bastille.