What is "simplon"

Simplon is a station of the Paris Métro, serving line 4 in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.

The station was opened on 21 April 1908 as part of the first section of the line from Châtelet to Porte de Clignancourt. It takes its name from the Rue du Simplon, named after the Simplon Pass in the Lepontine Alps, location of one of the longest railroad tunnels in the world.

On 6 August 2005, a train passing through Simplon station caught fire. The station closed for refurbishment and re-opened in February 2006.

Nearby attractions include the Square Maurice Kriegel-Valrimont and the Conservatoire Gustave Charpentier.

Simplon was a department of the First French Empire. It was named after the Simplon Pass. It was formed in 1810, when the Rhodanic Republic was occupied by the French. Its territory corresponded with that of the present-day Swiss canton of Valais. The capital of Simplon was Sion.

The department was subdivided into the following arrondissements and cantons (situation in 1812):

• Sion, cantons: Hérémence, Leuk , Sierre and Sion.
• Brig, cantons: Brig, Goms , Mörel, Raron and Visp .
• Saint-Maurice, cantons: Entremont, Martigny, Monthey and Saint-Maurice.

Its population in 1812 was 65,500, and its area was approximately 500,000 hectares.

After the final defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte in 1815, the department became the Swiss canton of Valais.

Simplon is the name of a region in the Alps. It can refer specifically to:

• Simplon Pass
• Simplon Tunnel, close to the pass
• Simplon (département), a former French département corresponding with modern Valais, Switzerland
• Simplon, Valais, a Swiss municipality
• Simplon (Paris Metro), a stop on the Paris Metro
• Simplon (bicycles), a bike manufacturer in Austria