Cambronne (Paris Métro)

Cambronne (Paris Métro)

Infobox Paris metro
Name=Cambronne
Day=April 24th
Year=1906
Access=
Municipality=the 15th arrondissement of Paris
Zone=1
Next=
X=90
Y=98

Cambronne is a station of the Paris Métro, named after the Place Cambronne.

It commemorates Vicomte Pierre Cambronne (1770–1842) who performed heroically at the Battle of Waterloo, where he was a General, in commanded of the Old Guard. He always denied saying the famous saying attributed to him: "La Garde meurt et ne se rend pas!" ("The Guard dies, it does not surrender!").


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