Rue de Charonne

The rue de Charonne lies in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, in the district of Bastille, and owes its name to this ancient town in the east of the capital, was once the path that led. The boulevard de Charonne is located at the site of the wall Farmers General, and until 1860 marked the boundary between the towns of Paris and Charonne. The subway station Charonne, located at the intersection of Rue de Charonne and boulevard Voltaire, is notorious since the demonstration on February 8, 1962.