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{{Short description|Metro station in Paris, France}}
{{Distinguish|Nation (Paris Métro and RER)}}
{{Infobox station
| name                = Nationale
| symbol_location     = paris
| symbol              = m
| symbol2             = 
| type                = [[Paris Métro]]  station
| image               = Station Nationale Métro Paris Ligne 6 - Paris XIII (FR75) - 2022-07-04 - 8.jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = 
| other_name          = 
| address             = [[13th arrondissement of Paris]]
| borough             = [[Île-de-France]]
| country             = France
| coordinates         = {{coord|48.833183|2.362718|region:FR_scale:2000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned               = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| operator            = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| line                = 
| accessible          = 
| zone                = 1
| opened              = {{Start-date|1 March 1909}}
| closed              = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| services            = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro|line=6|left=Place d'Italie|right=Chevaleret}}
| map_type            = France Paris
}}
'''Nationale''' ({{IPA|fr|nɑsjɔnal}}) is an elevated [[metro station|station]] of the [[Paris Métro]] serving [[Paris Métro Line 6|line 6]] at the intersection of the ''Rue Nationale'' and the ''Boulevard Vincent Auriol'' in the [[13th arrondissement of Paris|13th arrondissement]].

==Location==
Elevated above ground, the station overlooks the central median of Boulevard Vincent-Auriol, between Rue Jeanne-d'Arc and Rue Nationale.  Oriented on a northeast/southwest axis, it is positioned between the stations ''Place d'Italie'' and ''Chevaleret'' (the former being underground).

==History==
The station opened on 1 March 1909 with the opening of the original section of line 6 from [[Nation (Paris Métro)|Nation]] to [[Place d'Italie (Paris Métro)|Place d'Italie]]. (Line 6 was extended from Place d’Italie to [[Charles de Gaulle–Étoile station|Etoile]] in 1942 by incorporating part of [[Paris Métro Line 5|line 5]].) The station is on the site of the Barrière-d’Ivry, a gate in the [[Wall of the Farmers-General]], where taxes were collected on goods brought into the city from 1818 to 1860. It is named after the nearby ''Rue Nationale'', the former ''Rue des Deux Moulins'' which was renamed after the Revolution of 1848 in commemoration of the [[National Guard (France)|National Guard]].<ref>Baribant et al, ''Guide Historique des Rues de Paris'' (Paris: Hachette, 1965) p 321.</ref> This was a middle-class militia created on 13 July 1789 for the maintenance of law and order in Paris.  Next day, it took part in the storming of the [[Bastille]].

As part of the RATP ''Renouveau du metro''program, the station was completely renovated by 5 May 2004.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SYMBIOZ - Le Renouveau du Métro |url=https://www.symbioz.net/index.php?id=42 |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=www.symbioz.net}}</ref> In 2021, attendance is gradually rising, with 1,320,290 passengers entering this station, placing it in the 251st position of metro stations for its usage out of 304 stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2021 |url=https://data.ratp.fr/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2021/table/?sort=-rang&q=Nationale&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro&refine.station=NATIONALE |access-date=2023-01-21 |website=data.ratp.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

==Passenger services==
===Access===
The station has a single access called "Boulevard Vincent-Auriol", leading to the central median of this boulevard to the right of Nos. 124 and 143. It opens onto a communal area under the viaduct from where access to the platforms is by means of stairs or escalators.
===Station layout===
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=10 valign=top|'''Platform level'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=150|toward Charles de Gaulle – Étoile
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|← [[File:Metro-M.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris m 6 jms.svg|20px]] toward [[Charles de Gaulle – Étoile (Paris Métro)|Charles de Gaulle – Étoile]] {{small|([[Place d'Italie (Paris Métro)|Place d'Italie]])}}
|-
|toward Nation
|{{0|→}} [[File:Metro-M.svg|20px]] [[File:Paris m 6 jms.svg|20px]] toward [[Nation (Paris Métro and RER)|Nation]] {{small|([[Chevaleret (Paris Métro)|Chevaleret]])}} →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|}
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''1F'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Mezzanine for platform connection
|}
{| border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''Street Level'''
|}
===Platforms===
Nationale is an elevated station of a standard configuration. It has two platforms separated by the metro tracks, all covered with a glass roof in the style of the canopies of the stations of the time. The vertical walls are covered with bevelled white ceramic tiles on the inside, and bricks drawing geometric patterns on the outside. The advertising frames are made of white ceramic and the name of the station is inscribed in [[Parisine]] font on enamelled plates attached to the metal frame. The platforms are equipped with wooden slatted benches. The lighting is semi-direct, projected on the ground by blue ceiling lights, on the wall by partially concealed tubes and on the frame by blue light projectors. Access is via the western end.
===Bus connections===
The station is served by lines 27 and 61 of the [[RATP Bus Network]], and, at night, by line N31 of the [[Noctilien]] network.

==References==
{{reflist}}
*Roland, Gérard (2003). ''Stations de métro. D’Abbesses à Wagram.'' Éditions Bonneton.

{{Commons category|Nationale (Paris Metro)}}
{{Paris Metro/line 6}}
{{13th arrondissement of Paris}}
{{Authority control}}
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[[Category:Paris Métro stations in the 13th arrondissement of Paris]]
[[Category:Railway stations in France opened in 1909]]

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