Saint-Placide, Metro station in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France
Saint-Placide is an underground metro station on Line 4, located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, beneath the Rue de Rennes. It has two facing platforms inside an elliptical tunnel with a rounded ceiling and tiled walls.
The station opened on January 9, 1910, as part of a new section of the line running under the Seine, linking Châtelet and Raspail. It was originally called Vaugirard, after a nearby street, but was renamed in 1913 to avoid confusion with another station of the same name on what is now Line 12.
The station sits beneath the Rue de Rennes, one of the busiest shopping streets in the 6th arrondissement. Stepping out, you immediately find yourself among bakeries, small boutiques, and cafes where locals go about their daily routines.
The station has two entrances, one on Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs and another with an escalator directly on Rue de Rennes. Several daytime and night bus lines stop nearby, making it easy to continue toward other parts of the city even when the metro is not running.
The entrance on Rue Notre-Dame-des-Champs is decorated with an old lamp post from the early days of the Paris metro network, which stands out against the modern street around it. The name of the station comes from the nearby Rue Saint-Placide, which itself takes its name from Saint Placid, a 6th-century disciple of Saint Benedict.
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