Villejuif - Léo Lagrange, Metro station in Villejuif, France
Villejuif - Léo Lagrange is a metro station on line 7, located in Villejuif, a southern suburb of Paris, along the Avenue de Stalingrad. The station has several exits leading to nearby streets, including Rue René Thibert, Rue Ambroise Croizat, and Rue Henri Barbusse, making it easy to reach the surrounding area on foot.
Line 7 of the Paris metro was extended southward during the 20th century, gradually reaching beyond the city limits into the surrounding suburbs. The station in Villejuif was opened as part of that expansion, bringing the metro network to a community that had long relied on surface transport.
The station is named after Léo Lagrange, a French politician from the 1930s who pushed for working-class access to leisure and sport. His name remains part of everyday life in Villejuif, where streets, schools, and public spaces often carry the memory of that social tradition.
Several bus lines stop near the station and connect to surrounding neighborhoods, making it a practical interchange for those arriving by metro. Night buses also serve the area, so getting around after the metro closes is still possible without needing a car.
Line 7 splits into two branches at its southern end, and this station sits on the Villejuif branch rather than the one heading toward Ivry. Travelers unfamiliar with the network sometimes board the wrong branch, so checking the destination displayed on the front of the train before boarding saves time.
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