Picpus (Paris Métro)
Picpus (Courteline) () is a station on line 6 of the Paris Métro in the 12th arrondissement. The station is located under the "Avenue de Saint-Mandé", to the west of the crossroads with the "Boulevard de Picpus". There is only one entrance/exit, located on the southern side of the "Avenue de Saint-Mandé". History. The station was opened on 1 March 1909 as "Saint-Mandé" with the extension of the line from Place d'Italie to Nation. It is named after the district of "Picpus" and the "Boulevard de Picpus". It was renamed "Picpus" on 1 March  1937 to avoid confusion with Saint-Mandé on line 1. The station has the additional name of "Courteline", named after author Georges Courteline (1858–1929). It was the location of the "Barrière de Saint-Mandé", a gate built for the collection of taxation as part of the Wall of the Farmers-General; the gate was built between 1784 and 1788 and demolished in the nineteenth century.