Jules François Alexandre Joffrin [SEP] native language
Jules François Alexandre Joffrin
Jules François Alexandre Joffrin (16 March 1846 – 17 September 1890) was a French politician.
Joffrin was born at Troyes. He served in the Franco-German War, was involved in the Commune, and spent eleven years in England as a political exile. He attached himself to the possibilist group of the socialist party, the section opposed to the root-and-branch measures of Jules Guesde. He became a member of the municipal council of Paris in 1885, and vice-president
On 27 March 1931 line A became line 12 of the "Métro". The station was named after Jules François Alexandre Joffrin (1846–1890) who was a councillor of the 18th arrondissement and a député.
External links.
- RATP – Neighbourhood Map for Jules Joffrin Station.