Design by Guimard 1900 (≈ 1900)
Creation of the school for the Paris metro.
30 septembre 1913
Opening of the station
Opening of the station 30 septembre 1913 (≈ 1913)
Inauguration with line 8 (future line 10).
1937
Transfer to line 10
Transfer to line 10 1937 (≈ 1937)
Reorganization of metro lines.
29 mai 1978
First protection
First protection 29 mai 1978 (≈ 1978)
Registration for historical monuments.
15 septembre 2004
Renovation of the station
Renovation of the station 15 septembre 2004 (≈ 2004)
Work in the framework of the Renewed Metro.
12 février 2016
Renewal of protection
Renewal of protection 12 février 2016 (≈ 2016)
Order confirming the inscription of the column.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Key figures
Hector Guimard - Architect
Designer of the school in 1900.
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau - Politician
Inspiration of the name of the station.
Origin and history
The Guimard building of the Mirabeau station, located in Paris in the 16th arrondissement, was designed in 1900 by the architect Hector Guimard for the Compagnie générale du Métropolitain de Paris. This monument, emblematic of the Art Nouveau style, is part of the original accesses of the Parisian network, inaugurated with line 10 in 1913. He was registered as a historical monument by order of 29 May 1978, then again protected on 12 February 2016 to preserve the architectural heritage of Guimard.
The Mirabeau station, opened on 30 September 1913 during the extension of line 8 (later became line 10), owes its name to the street and the Mirabeau bridge, themselves homage to Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Count of Mirabeau, major figure of the French Revolution. In 1937, the station was transferred to line 10 when lines 8, 10 and 14 were redesigned. Its particular architecture, with a unique wharf and a subfluvial crossing of the Seine, reflects the technical constraints of the time, in particular the need to bypass the foundations of Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil church.
The Guimard entrance to Access No. 1, located at the corner of Mirabeau Street and Avenue de Versailles, is the only remaining element of Guimard's initial project for this station. The other mouths, in the Derval style or with candelabra Val d'Osne, date back to the 1920s and 1930s. The resort, renovated in 2004 as part of the "Metro Renewal" programme, today attracts its architectural heritage and its role in the history of Parisian transport. Its annual traffic, of about 1.4 million passengers before 2020, makes it a busy but less central location than other stations in the network.
The column is protected as a representative element of Hector Guimard's work for the Paris metro. The 2016 protection specifically covers the surrounding of the access located opposite the cadastral plot AK 15, highlighting its heritage importance. Nearby, sites such as the Mirabeau Bridge, the Notre-Dame-d'Auteuil Church or the Maison de la Radio enrich the historical and cultural context of the neighbourhood.
The Mirabeau station also illustrates the technical challenges of the Paris metro, such as crossing the Seine in underground or adapting to urban constraints. Its unique wharf, served only in the direction of Gare d'Austerlitz, and the immediate separation of the routes for the Church of Auteuil testify to ingenious solutions implemented at the beginning of the 20th century. These features make it a remarkable example of the engineering and architecture of public transport at the time.
