Alésia

Alésia (French pronunciation: [alezja]) is a station of the Paris Métro on line 4 in the 14th arrondissement situated in Petit-Montrouge quarter.

The station is located under the Place Victor-et-Hélène-Basch and its surroundings, dominated by the Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge church. It is located at the intersection of Avenue du Maine, Avenue General Leclerc and Rue d'Alésia, between the Porte d'Orleans and Mouton-Duvernet metro stations.

The line 4 platforms were opened on 30 October 1909 when the southern section of the line opened between Raspail and Porte d'Orléans. The name refers to Rue d'Alésia, named for the Battle of Alesia between the Gauls of Vercingetorix and the Romans of Julius Caesar. Recently this station has been retrofitted with platform screen doors, due to the RATP working on the line 4's automation. This stop is featured in the animated films The Twelve Tasks of Asterix, in the chapter named Survive the Cave of the Beast. The choice of this station is due to the origin of its name. It saw 5,113,245 travelers enter in 2018, which places it at the 88th position of metro stations for its usage.

Entrance 1: pl. Victor-et-Hélène-Basch: first staircase at 230 avenue du Maine; Entrance 2: Rue du Moulin-Vert: second staircase in front of 230 avenue du Maine; Entrance 3: av. from Maine: stairs in front of 205 Avenue du Maine, on the west side of Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge church; Entrance 4: Saint-Pierre-de-Montrouge Church: staircase at 82 Avenue du Général-Leclerc, on the east side of the church; Entrance 5: av. General-Leclerc: escalator from the platform of the subway direction Porte d'Orleans in front of 82 Avenue du Général-Leclerc; Entrance 6: Rue Alésia: staircase in front of 75 Avenue du Général-Leclerc.

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