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Anatole France (Paris Metro)
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Anatole France is a station on Paris Métro Line 3
. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret
northwest of the capital. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret
to Pont de Levallois – Bécon
.
The station is on the Rue Anatole France, which is named after the author Anatole France
, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
in 1921.
Paris Metro Line 3
Line 3 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system in Paris, France. Connecting Pont de Levallois - Bécon station in the near western suburbs to Gallieni in the east, the location of Paris' international bus station...
. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret
Levallois-Perret is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris.-Name:The name Levallois-Perret comes from two housing developments, Champerret and Village Levallois , and which resulted in the incorporation of the...
northwest of the capital. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret
Porte de Champerret (Paris Metro)
Porte de Champerret is a station on Paris Métro Line 3.The station is named after the Porte de Champerret, a gate in the nineteenth century Thiers Wall of Paris on the way to the hamlet of Champerret, which was merged with the commune of Levallois-Perret in 1867...
to Pont de Levallois – Bécon
Pont de Levallois - Bécon (Paris Metro)
Pont de Levallois – Bécon is a station of the Paris Métro, the western terminus of Line 3, located in the commune of Levallois-Perret. It was opened on 24 September 1937 when the line was extended from Porte de Champerret....
.
The station is on the Rue Anatole France, which is named after the author Anatole France
Anatole France
Anatole France , born François-Anatole Thibault, , was a French poet, journalist, and novelist. He was born in Paris, and died in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire. He was a successful novelist, with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters...
, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
in 1921.