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{{Short description|Metro station in Paris, France}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Ourcq
| style = Paris Métro
| image = Station Ourcq Métro Paris Ligne 5 - Paris XIX (FR75) - 2022-06-24 - 1.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = [[MF 01]] at Ourcq
| other_name = 
| address = 148, av. Jean Jaurès<br />159, av. Jean Jaurès<br />161, av. Jean Jaurès<br />[[19th arrondissement of Paris]]
| borough = [[Île-de-France]]
| country = France
| coordinates = {{coord|48.887|2.386|region:FR_scale:2000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| operator = [[RATP Group|RATP]]
| line = 
| platforms = 2 ([[Side platform|2 side platforms]])
| tracks = 2
| accessible = No
| code = 22-02
| zone = 1
| opened = {{Start-date|21 March 1947}}
| closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} -->
| passengers = 2,862,337 (2021)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Paris Métro|line=5|left=Laumière|right=Porte de Pantin}}
| map_type = France Paris
}}
'''Ourcq''' ({{IPA|fr|uʁk}}) is a [[metro station|station]] in the [[19th arrondissement of Paris]], served by [[Paris Métro Line 5|line 5]] of the [[Paris Métro]]. It is named after the nearby rue de l'Ourcq, which in turn was named after the river [[Ourcq]], a tributary of the [[Marne (river)]]. It rises in [[Aisne]] and flows into [[Île-de-France]]. It is connected to the [[Seine]] via the [[Canal de l'Ourcq]].

==History==
The station opened on 21 March 1947, four years after the commissioning of the extension of line 5 from [[Gare du Nord (Paris Métro)|Gare du Nord]] to [[Église de Pantin (Paris Métro)|Eglise de Pantin]]. It was then located not far from Belleville-Villette station on the [[Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture]] line which closed in 1934. A bridge the line used to run on still exists on avenue Jean-Jaurès around 200 m away from the station.

On 9 October 2019, some of the nameplates on the station's platforms were temporarily replaced by the RATP to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the popular comic series [[Asterix|Asterix and Obelix]] along with eleven other stations. It used the characteristic typography of the comic strips by  [[René Goscinny]] and [[Albert Uderzo]], its creators. It was humorously renamed "AbraracOurcqcix", a reference to one of the characters in the comics, ''Abraracourcix'', the chief of the village where Asterix and Obelix belongs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Compagnon |first=Sébastian |date=9 October 2019 |title=«Place de Clichix» et potion magique : la RATP fête les 60 ans d'Astérix et Obélix |url=https://www.leparisien.fr/info-paris-ile-de-france-oise/transports/place-de-clichix-et-potion-magique-la-ratp-fete-les-60-ans-d-asterix-et-obelix-09-10-2019-8169075.php |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=[[Le Parisien]] |language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=9 October 2019 |title=Pour les 60 ans d'Astérix et d'Obélix, la RATP renomme 12 stations à la mode gauloise |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/langue-francaise/actu-des-mots/pour-les-60-ans-d-asterix-et-d-obelix-la-ratp-renomme-12-stations-a-la-mode-gauloise-20191009 |access-date=29 December 2022 |website=[[Le Figaro]] |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2019, the station was used by 3,763,663 passengers, making it the 131st busiest of the Métro network out of 302 stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2019 |url=https://dataratp2.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2019/table/?sort=-rang&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121165739/https://dataratp2.opendatasoft.com/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2019/table/?sort=-rang&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro |archive-date=21 January 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=dataratp2.opendatasoft.com |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2020, the station was used by <abbr>2,064,168</abbr> passengers amidst the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], making it the 118th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 stations.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Trafic annuel entrant par station du réseau ferré 2020 |url=https://data.ratp.fr/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2020/table/?sort=-rang&dataChart=eyJxdWVyaWVzIjpbeyJjaGFydHMiOlt7InR5cGUiOiJjb2x1bW4iLCJmdW5jIjoiQVZHIiwieUF4aXMiOiJ0cmFmaWMiLCJzY2llbnRpZmljRGlzcGxheSI6dHJ1ZSwiY29sb3IiOiIjNjZjMmE1In1dLCJ4QXhpcyI6InN0YXRpb24iLCJtYXhwb2ludHMiOjIwLCJzb3J0Ijoic2VyaWUxLTEiLCJjb25maWciOnsiZGF0YXNldCI6InRyYWZpYy1hbm51ZWwtZW50cmFudC1wYXItc3RhdGlvbi1kdS1yZXNlYXUtZmVycmUtMjAyMCIsIm9wdGlvbnMiOnsic29ydCI6Ii10cmFmaWMifX19XSwidGltZXNjYWxlIjoiIiwiZGlzcGxheUxlZ2VuZCI6dHJ1ZSwiYWxpZ25Nb250aCI6dHJ1ZX0=&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121081214/https://data.ratp.fr/explore/dataset/trafic-annuel-entrant-par-station-du-reseau-ferre-2020/table/?sort=-rang&dataChart=eyJxdWVyaWVzIjpbeyJjaGFydHMiOlt7InR5cGUiOiJjb2x1bW4iLCJmdW5jIjoiQVZHIiwieUF4aXMiOiJ0cmFmaWMiLCJzY2llbnRpZmljRGlzcGxheSI6dHJ1ZSwiY29sb3IiOiIjNjZjMmE1In1dLCJ4QXhpcyI6InN0YXRpb24iLCJtYXhwb2ludHMiOjIwLCJzb3J0Ijoic2VyaWUxLTEiLCJjb25maWciOnsiZGF0YXNldCI6InRyYWZpYy1hbm51ZWwtZW50cmFudC1wYXItc3RhdGlvbi1kdS1yZXNlYXUtZmVycmUtMjAyMCIsIm9wdGlvbnMiOnsic29ydCI6Ii10cmFmaWMifX19XSwidGltZXNjYWxlIjoiIiwiZGlzcGxheUxlZ2VuZCI6dHJ1ZSwiYWxpZ25Nb250aCI6dHJ1ZX0=&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro |archive-date=21 January 2022 |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=data.ratp.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

In 2021, the station was used by 2,862,337 passengers, making it the 116th busiest of the Métro network out of 305 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&refine.reseau=M%C3%A9tro |access-date=26 December 2022 |website=data.ratp.fr |language=fr}}</ref>

==Passenger services==
===Access===
The station has three accesses:<ref name="Bon01">{{Cite web |title=Station de Metro: Ourcq |url=https://www.bonjour-ratp.fr/stations-metro/ourcq/ |access-date=16 January 2025 |website=Bonjour RATP}}</ref>
* Access 1: rue de Lunéville
* Access 2: rue de l'Ourcq
* Access 3: [[Rue Adolphe Mille, Paris|rue Adolphe Mille]]

===Station layout===
{| cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" border="0"
| colspan="3" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''Street level'''
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''B1'''
| colspan="2" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="100" valign="top" |Mezzanine
|-
| rowspan="10" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="50" valign="top" |'''Platform level'''
| colspan="2" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|-
| data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="100" |Southbound
| data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="390" |← {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|5}} toward [[Place d'Italie (Paris Métro)|Place d'Italie]] {{small|([[Laumière (Paris Métro)|Laumière]])}}
|-
|Northbound
|{{0|→}} {{R-I|paris|m}} {{R-I|paris|m|5}} toward [[Bobigny–Pablo Picasso (Paris Métro)|Bobigny–Pablo Picasso]] {{small|([[Porte de Pantin (Paris Métro)|Porte de Pantin]])}} →
|-
| colspan="2" data-darkreader-inline-border-top="" data-darkreader-inline-border-right="" data-darkreader-inline-border-left="" data-darkreader-inline-border-bottom="" style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" |{{small|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right}}
|}

===Platform===
[[File:Metro de Paris - Ligne 5 - Ourcq 11.jpg|left|thumb|Sculpture on the platform]]
Ourcq has a standard platform configuration: it has two platforms separated by metro tracks and an elliptical roof. It is decorated in the [[Architecture of the Paris Métro#Ouï-dire style (1986–1988)|Ouï-dire]] style in red. The lighting strips are supported by curved shaped fake consoles. The direct lighting is white while the indirect lighting, projected on the vault, is multi-coloured. The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the roof, and the outlets. The advertising frames are red and cylindrical, and the name of the station is written with the [[Parisine]] typeface on enamelled plates. The platforms are equipped with red Motte-style seats and grey "sit-lean" benches.

Since the late 1980s, the station features a Thierry Grave sculpture exhibit made of [[Tilia|limewood]] in a niche on the walls of the platform towards ''Bobigny-Pablo Picasso''. It represents the joint of a fabled animal.

===Other connections===
The station is also served by line 71 of the [[RATP Bus Network]], and at night, by lines N13, N41, and N45 of the [[Noctilien]] network.<ref name=Bon01/>

== Nearby ==

* [[Canal de l'Ourcq]]
* [[Cimetière de la Villette]]
* Darse du fond de Rouvray
* Pont levant de la rue de Crimée

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="165">
File:Ourcq (métro de Paris) (1) par Cramos.JPG|Platforms
File:Accès Station Métro Ourcq Avenue Jean Jaurès - Paris XIX (FR75) - 2022-01-07 - 2.jpg|Access 1
File:Accès Station Métro Ourcq Avenue Jean Jaurès - Paris XIX (FR75) - 2022-01-07 - 1.jpg|Access 2
File:Accès Station Métro Ourcq Avenue Jean Jaurès - Paris XIX (FR75) - 2022-01-07 - 4.jpg|Access 3
</gallery>

==References==
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{{Paris Metro/line 5}}
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[[Category:Paris Métro stations in the 19th arrondissement of Paris]]
[[Category:Railway stations in France opened in 1942]]

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[[Category:Paris Métro line 5]]