Charonne quarter
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The Charonne quarter is an area of the XXe arrondissement
XXe arrondissement
The 20th arrondissement, also known as arrondissement de Ménilmontant, located on the Right Bank, is one of the 20 arrondissements of Paris, France. It contains the cosmopolitan districts of Ménilmontant and Belleville which have welcomed many successive waves of immigration since the middle of the...

 of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

 named after a village in the area which was merged into the city of Paris in 1860 by Napoleon III. Its metro station, Charonne
Charonne (Paris Metro)
Charonne is a station on line 9 of the Paris Métro. It was opened on 10 December 1933 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot to Porte de Montreuil....

is notable for the demonstration of 8 February 1962.
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