The station is named after the place Charles Michels, named Charles Michels, Communist deputy shot in 1941 by the Nazis. Beaugrenelle The station was opened on July 13, 1913 as a temporary terminus of the line 8, which was extended under the Seine to the Porte d'Auteuil on September 30 of that year. On 27 July 1937, the station is transferred to line 10 at the reorganization of lines 8, 10 and 14. On 14 July 1945, as the square, it loses its original name, Beaugrenelle for the new, Charles Michels. The name was prompted Beaugrenelle advertising created by property developers district Grenelle at its urbanization.