The Charonne quarter is an area of the 20th arrondissement of Paris named after a former municipality in the area, which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III and split between Charonne quarter (south part), the Père-Lachaise quarter and Saint-Fargeau quarter (north part). The historic centre of Charonne is located around the junction of Rue de Bagnolet and Rue Saint-Blaise, in the vicinity of the parish church of Saint-Germain-de-Charonne (which is on the Père-Lachaise quarter).
5-522: The metro station called Charonne , notable for the demonstration of 8 February 1962 , is named after a street in the 11th arrondissement – Rue de Charonne, in the Bastille neighbourhood – and is not actually located in the district of Charonne, which covers the southern half of the 20th arrondissement . 48°51′37″N 2°24′15″E / 48.86028°N 2.40417°E / 48.86028; 2.40417 This Île-de-France geographical article
10-590: A demonstration on 8 February 1962 to denounce the OAS and the Algerian war. The Paris Police , led by Maurice Papon , repressed this demonstration, as it had done on 17 October 1961 (when between 32 and 200, mainly Algerian people, are estimated to have been killed). Police blocked nearby streets at both ends before charging the crowd. Demonstrators tried to take refuge in the entry of the Charonne metro station, but police pursued
15-529: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Charonne (Paris Metro) Charonne ( French pronunciation: [ʃaʁɔn] ) is a station on Line 9 of the Paris Métro . It was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu–Drouot to Porte de Montreuil . The station is named after the Rue de Charonne and the district of Charonne . In 1008, Robert II of France
20-670: The Pious gave Charonne to the Abbey of Saint-Magloire, but it changed hands over the centuries. A small locality developed around the castle of Charonne, which was largely annexed by Paris in 1860. During the Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962) most French politicians came to accept the need to grant Algeria its independence. Only the Organisation armée secrète (OAS; Secret Armed Organization) continued to resist independence. The Left called for
25-438: The crowd into the station and hurled heavy iron plates (used around the bases of trees and on metro vents) down onto demonstrators in the stairwells. Eight people were crushed to death or died from skull fractures and a ninth died from wounds in hospital. All of the dead, except a sixteen-year-old boy, were Communist Party or union members. Police blamed the violence on the demonstrators. A massive funeral demonstration drew between
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