Place des Fêtes (Paris Métro)

Place des Fêtes
Place des Fêtes
Paris Métro station
	Line 11 platforms at Place des Fêtes
Location	19th arrondissement of Paris; Île-de-France; France
Coordinates	48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E / 48.87684°N 2.39296°ECoordinates: 48°52′37″N 2°23′35″E / 48.87684°N 2.39296°E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	18 January 1911
Services
Location
	Place des Fêtes Location within Paris

Place des Fêtes (French pronunciation: [plas de fɛt]) is a station of the Paris Métro, serving lines 7bis (eastbound only) and 11 in the 19th arrondissement and the Belleville district. It is one of the deepest stations in the metro, at 22.45 meters below the surface. (Abbesses is the deepest, at 36 meters.)

The station was opened on 18 January 1911 as part of a branch of line 7 from Louis Blanc to Pré Saint-Gervais. On 3 December 1967 this branch was separated from line 7, becoming line 7bis. The line 11 platforms opened with the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas on 28 April 1935. Along with Maison Blanche, a prototype air raid shelter was added to the station in 1935 to protect it from chemical attacks and was fitted with airtight doors to allow the people to take refuge inside in the event of an attack. They were chosen due to their proximity to heavily populated, working-class districts.^[1]

Station layout[]

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	to Exits/Entrances
B2	Platform 2bis	→ toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 2	→ toward Louis Blanc (Pré Saint-Gervais) → (No service from inbound: Botzaris) (No service eastbound: Haxo)
B3	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← toward Châtelet (Jourdain)
	Platform 1	→ toward Mairie des Lilas (Télégraphe) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right