History

Pereire was opened on 23 May 1910 when the line was extended from Villiers

Villiers (Paris Metro)

Villiers is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 2 and Line 3 on the border of the 8th and 17th arrondissement of Paris.The Line 2 platforms opened on 21 January 1903, although trains had been operating between Étoile and Anvers since 7 October 1902. On 19 October 1904, it became the terminus...

. The station is named after the Boulevard Pereire and the Place du Maréchal Juin. The Péreire brothers

Péreire brothers

The Péreire brothers were prominent 19th century financiers in Paris, France who were rivals of the Rothschilds. Like the Rothschilds, they were Jews, but unlike them the Péreire brothers were Sephardi Jews of Portuguese origin....

, Émile Péreire (1800–1875) and his brother Isaac (1806–1880), created the Crédit Immobilier bank in 1852. They established railroad companies in France and in Europe. Émile Péreire was the first director of the Compagnie du Chemin de fer de Paris à Saint-Germain, which opened the first railway in Paris in 1837. He was later in charge of the Auteuil railroad, which later became RER line "C". Marshal

Marshal of France

The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...

 Alphonse Juin

Alphonse Juin

- Early years :Juin was born at Bône in French Algeria, and enlisted in the French Army, graduating from the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr in 1912.- Career :...

 (1888–1967) was commander of the French forces in Italy in 1943 and 1944.

See also

• Pereire - Levallois (Paris RER)
  Pereire - Levallois (Paris RER)
  Pereire - Levallois is a station in Paris' express suburban rail system, the RER. It is situated in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.- Lines serving this station :- Adjacent Station :* Pereire on Paris Métro Line 3....