Réaumur – Sébastopol is a station of the Paris Métro in the 2nd arrondissement. It serves Line 3 and Line 4.
The station was opened as Rue Saint-Denis on 19 October 1904 as part of the first section of the line 3 between Père Lachaise and Villiers.
It was renamed to the current name on 15 October 1907.
The line 4 platforms were opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt.
One of the entrances to the metro
The interior of Réaumur - Sébastopol metro station
It is named after the streets of Rue Réaumur and the Boulevard de Sébastopol, which are named after the scientist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757) and for the port of Sebastopol in Crimea, the scene of the Siege of Sebastopol (1854–1855) during the Crimean war.
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683-1757) was a French chemist, physicist and naturalist. He is the inventor of the alcohol thermometer.
Sebastopol is a town in the southwest of the Crimean peninsula, which was the site of a Crimean War battle in 1855. It was conquered by the French and the British after a year of siege from October 1854 to September 1855.
