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Abbesses;
Date opened	October 31st 1912
Municipality/; Arrondissement	the 18th arrondissement of Paris ;
Fare zone	1
Next stations
	Paris Métro Line 12
Direction; Mairie d'Issy	Direction; Porte de la Chapelle
Pigalle	Lamarck - Caulaincourt
List of stations of the Paris Métro
	Location of Metro station

Abbesses is a station on Line 12 of the Paris Métro in the Montmartre district and the 18th arrondissement. Abbesses is one of the few deep stations of Paris métro, at 36 metres (118 feet)^[1] below ground, as it is located on western side of the butte (hill) of Montmartre. Access to the platforms is usually by elevators, but they can be accessed by decorated stairs.

The station's entrance, designed by Hector Guimard (1867–1942), is one of only two original Guimard entrances left in Paris. (The other is located at Porte Dauphine.) The entrance was originally used for the Hôtel de Ville metro station, but transferred to its current location in 1970.

The station opened on 31 October 1912 as part of the extension of the Nord-Sud company's line A from Pigalle to Jules Joffrin. On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the Métro. The station is named after the Place des Abbesses, referring to the abbesses of the nearby abbey of the Dames-de-Montmartre.

The RATP has recently completed a major renovation of this station, which has returned it to its splendid original Nord-Sud condition.

[edit] Abbesses in popular culture

Abbesses is Amélie's métro stop in Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain; a working title for the film was Amélie des Abbesses (Amélie of the Abbesses).
Louis Vuitton has a messenger style bag in the Monogram Canvas line named after the station.
A cartoon version of the station appears in the official music video for Émilie Simon's song "Flowers" (the ninth track on her first album).
"Abbesses" is also the name of a track by the French turntablism group, Birdy Nam Nam.