Poissonnière (Paris Métro)

Poissonnière (French pronunciation: [pwasɔnjɛʁ] (listen)) is a station on Line 7 of the Paris Métro. The station, which was opened on 5 November 1910, was used by 3,594,301 passengers in 2013; it was the 145th busiest Métro station out of 302.[1]

Poissonnière
Paris Métro station
Station view
Location	Rue La Fayette 9th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°52′37″N 2°20′54″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	5 November 1910 (1910-11-05)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Cadet toward Villejuif – Louis Aragon or Mairie d'Ivry Gare de l'Est toward La Courneuve – 8 mai 1945
Location
Poissonnière Location within Paris

It is located near the junction between Rue La Fayette and the Rue du Faubourg Poissonnière, after which it is named and along which fishmongers (French: Poissonnières) brought fish from Boulogne-sur-Mer and other harbours on the Channel coast to the market at Les Halles in chasse-marées. The route from the coast generally followed that of a Roman Road and entered nineteenth century Paris at the Porte des Poissonniers.

The station has three entrances on the Rue La Fayette and features a 1960s-style yellow neon Métro sign.