Hexagone Balard is the headquarters of the French Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Armed Forces . Inaugurated in 2015, more than 9,300 personnel from the French Army , French Navy , French Air and Space Force and Direction générale de l'armement have moved into this 165,000 m (1,780,000 sq ft) white opaque glass-fronted building, on 41 acres (17 ha), from previously separate headquarters for each service branch. It cost 4.2 billion euros to build.
14-544: Balard may refer to: Balard station , Paris Métro station People with the surname Balard [ edit ] See also: Ballard (surname) Antoine Jérôme Balard (1802–1876), French chemist Arnaud Balard (born 1971), French deafblind artist Max Balard (born 2000), Australian footballer See also [ edit ] All pages with titles beginning with Balard All pages with titles containing Balard Ballard (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
28-506: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Balard station Balard ( French pronunciation: [balaʁ] ) is the southwestern terminus of Line 8 of the Paris Métro in the 15th arrondissement of Paris . Since 16 December 2006, it has also been a stop on tramway T3a as part of the initial section of the line between Pont du Garigliano and Porte d'Ivry . The station
42-592: Is named after Place Balard, itself named after Antoine-Jérôme Balard (1802-1876), a French chemist and the discoverer of bromine . Among the stations serving the Boulevards des Maréchaux along the former gates of Paris , it is the only one not called Porte de… , though it serves the Porte de Sèvres. The station opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle , serving as its new south-western terminus terminus. On 3 September 1943,
56-568: Is the only station served by two tram lines not located at one of the gates of Paris. The station is also served by the following bus networks: The station appeared in Monsieur Klein , a 1976 French film set in 1942 with Alain Delon as the titular role. He plays a short scene where he waits at one of the station's accesses. Hexagone Balard In 2011, the French Government awarded
70-568: The Opale-Défense consortium a contract, for financing, designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining the complex for thirty years. Agence Nicolas Michelin & Associés designed the seven-story command and control center, on a former army air base near the Balard (Paris Métro) in the 15th arrondissement . As a military base, the command of the site is handed over to the Major General of
84-480: The Royal Air Force bombarded the area and destroyed the accesses to the station, causing the deaths of 22 people, including 2 CMP agents. To facilitate a connection to tramway T2 via Suzanne Lenglen tram station (opened on 21 November 2009), an additional access (access 6) was constructed during the first phase of works between March and December 2012. In the second phase, three new lifts were added to improve
98-646: The Defence Staff , deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff . Personnel transferred from historic buildings in central Paris to this site in the south of the city, excepting the Defence Minister who remains in central Paris. Half of the complex is renovation, including an old navy building, designed in 1934 by Gustave and Auguste Perret. The complex boasts a real drawbridge, interior gardens, missile-strike-resisant walls and an underground operational room. Images of
112-601: The accessibility of the station between January 2014 and June 2015 for people with impaired mobility. This was to minimise disruption to traffic on line 8 and to coordinate with the construction of the Hexagone Balard , the new headquarters of the Ministry of Defense .The cost of the project, estimated to be approximately 16.4 million euros, was included in the budget for the extension of T2 from Issy–Val de Seine to Porte de Versailles which opened on 21 November 2009. In 2019,
126-514: The complex (as well as all military-related and sensitive government buildings in France) can't be seen on Bing Maps , Google Maps , Google Earth , and Google Street View for national security reasons, yet Here WeGo , and Yandex Maps do not censor the satellite image. Only the faceted roof is visible from the elevated ring road . It has the largest solar panel roof in Paris. The complex serves as
140-529: The line maps inside its trains. The station has been served by tramway T3a since 16 December 2006 via Balard tram station and by tramway T2 since 21 November 2009 via Suzanne Lenglen tram station about 140 metres away. It is one of four métro stations on the network that are located at one of the former gates of Paris and are served by two tram lines; the other three are Porte de Choisy ( line 7 ), Porte de Versailles ( line 12 ), and Porte de Vincennes ( line 1 ). Basilique de Saint-Denis ( line 13 )
154-483: The same line, a particular arrangement specific to the stations serving or had served as a terminus. It has three tracks and two platforms. The side platform serves as the arrival platform while the island platform serves as the departure platform. The walls of the western side of the platform are tiled with bevelled white tiles, with the name of the station written in earthenware and the advertising frames with plant motifs, also in earthenware, are honey-coloured. The rest of
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#1732844812321168-463: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Balard . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Balard&oldid=1246498072 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description
182-581: The station was used by 5,626,040 passengers, making it the 68th busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations. In 2020, the station was used by 2,643,639 passengers amidst the COVID-19 pandemic , making it the 71st busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. In 2021, the station was used by 3,236,801 passengers, making it the 95th busiest of the Métro network out of 304 stations. The station has 6 accesses: The station has, as does Pointe du Lac located on
196-469: The station, however, is simply painted white, except for the parts below platform level which is painted grey with the station names written on enamel plates. A remote connection with line C of the RER via Pont du Garigliano station is possible, although not shown today on RATP 's métro maps, it was previously shown in 1998 and 2000. The connection is occasionally depicted in station locality maps but not on
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