Gaîté station
Gaîté (French pronunciation: [ɡɛte]) is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro in the 14th arrondissement.
Gaîté Joséphine Baker | |||||||||||
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| Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
MF 77 at Gaîté | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Avenue du Maine 14th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°50′19″N 2°19′21″E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | no | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 04-04 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 21 January 1937 | ||||||||||
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| 1,644,148 (2021) | |||||||||||
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Gaîté Joséphine Baker Location within Paris | |||||||||||
The station is named after the nearby rue de la Gaîté, which was a country road connecting Clamart with the Barrière du Montparnasse, a gate in the Wall of the Farmers-General at the intersection of the Boulevard Edgar-Quinet and the rue du Montparnasse (the location of Edgar Quinet métro station). It was built between 1784 and 1791 by the Ferme générale, the corporation of tax farmers, to enforce the collection of taxes of goods, including wine, that were imported into Paris. Guinguettes, restaurants, and theatres were built outside the wall to avoid these taxes. "Gaîté" is an old French spelling of "gaiety", reflecting this trade.
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