ORIGIN OF THE NAME
General Édouard de Curières de Castelnau
Rue De Castelnau. This street was so named on 17 December 1914, four months after its namesake, the French general Édouard de Curières de Castelnau (1851-1944), successfully defended the French town of Nancy against the German army.

Frequent spelling mistake: De Castelneau.

 PLATFORM DEPTH
11,7 m deep
(45th deepest station)
 TRAFFIC
1 411 727 entrances in 2006
(52nd busiest station)

 INTERSTATION DISTANCE
To Parc:
To Jean-Talon:
490,60 metres
471,60 metres

 TRIVIA
The station was planned so as to permit a third entrance to be built on the northwest corner of the intersection.

Image e-decastelnau.jpg courtesy Jean-Marie Picquart.