La Chapelle (Paris Métro)

La Chapelle ([la ʃapɛl]) is a station on Paris Métro Line 2, on the border of the 10th and 18th arrondissements above the Boulevard de la Chapelle. The station is connected to the Gare du Nord and the Gare du Nord Métro station on lines 4 and 5.

La Chapelle
Paris Métro station
MF 67 and MF 2000 rolling stock at La Chapelle
Location	Boul. de la Chapelle × rue du Faubourg Saint-Denis 10th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France
Coordinates	48°53′04″N 2°21′37″E
Owned by	RATP
Operated by	RATP
Other information
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	31 January 1903 (1903-01-31)
Services
Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Barbès – Rochechouart toward Porte Dauphine Stalingrad toward Nation
Connections to other stations Preceding station   Paris Métro   Following station Gare de l'Est toward Mairie de Montrouge Transfer at: Gare du Nord Barbès – Rochechouart toward Porte de Clignancourt Gare de l'Est toward Place d'Italie Transfer at: Gare du Nord Stalingrad toward Bobigny – Pablo Picasso RER La Plaine – Stade de France toward Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 – TGV or Mitry–Claye Transfer at: Gare du Nord Châtelet–Les Halles toward Robinson or Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse Stade de France - Saint-Denis toward Creil Transfer at: Gare du Nord Châtelet–Les Halles toward Melun or Malesherbes Haussmann – Saint-Lazare toward Haussmann–Saint-Lazare Transfer at: Magenta Pantin toward Chelles-Gournay or Tournan
Location
La Chapelle Location within Paris

The elevated line 2 station was opened on 31 January 1903 as part of the extension of line 2 from Anvers to Bagnolet (now called Alexandre Dumas). It is named after the Place de la Chapelle, which was named after the Barrière de la Chapelle, a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished after 1859. The gate was named after a village that was annexed by Paris in 1860 and was named after a chapel to Saint Genevieve built in the 6th century.

There is a connection to Gare du Nord through a tunnel between the metro station and the RER station.