Saint-Germain-des-Prés station

Saint-Germain-des-Prés is a station on line 4 of the Paris Métro. It serves the Saint-Germain-des-Prés neighbourhood on the Rive Gauche in the 6th arrondissement.

It is named after Place Saint-Germain and the Church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, dedicated on 23 December 558 by the son of Clovis, Childebert I, at the request of St. Germain, Bishop of Paris. Childebert died the same day and was buried in it. More than a thousand years later the remains of the philosopher René Descartes were also buried in it. The expression "des-Prés" refers to the Prés aux Clercs used for the erection of buildings to house the University of Paris.

Although the station is in close proximity to Mabillon on line 10, there is no free transfer between the two stations.