What is "jourdain"

Jourdain is a station on line 11 of the Paris Métro in the 19th and 20th arrondissements.

The station opened as part of the original section of the line from Châtelet to Porte des Lilas on 28 April 1935. It is named after the Rue de Jourdain (French: Jordan Street), referring to a nearby church dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, who baptised Christ in the Jordan.

Jourdain is a surname.

People with the surname Jourdain:

• Francis Charles Robert Jourdain, British ornithologist and oologist
• Francis Jourdain (painter), painter
• Margaret Jourdain, prominent writer on English furniture and decoration
• Michel Jourdain Sr., Mexican race car driver, father of Michel Jourdain Jr.
• Michel Jourdain Jr., Mexican race car driver, son of Michel Jourdain Sr.
• Philip Jourdain, British logician and follower of Bertrand Russell