Ranelagh station (Paris Métro)
| Paris Métro station | |||||||||||
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| Location | 16th arrondissement of Paris Île-de-France France | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 48°51′18″N 2°16′11″E / 48.85502°N 2.269634°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | RATP | ||||||||||
| Operated by | RATP | ||||||||||
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| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | no | ||||||||||
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| Station code | 17-09 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 1 | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 8 November 1922 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 1,779,206 (2021) | |||||||||||
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Ranelagh (French pronunciation: [ʁanlaɡ]) is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro located in the 16th arrondissement.
It is named after the nearby rue de Ranelagh, which in turn was named after Lord Ranelagh, an Irish peer and amateur musician, who built a rotunda for concerts in his park, Ranelagh Gardens, in Chelsea in 1750 and after whom the affluent Dublin suburb of Ranelagh is named.
A similar establishment, the Jardin du Ranelagh was established on the grounds of the Château de la Muette in 1774. The place was fashionable under Marie Antoinette, under the Directory and then again under the Restoration. It disappeared in 1858 with the creation of the Bois de Boulogne.