Bir-Hakeim (French pronunciation: [biʁ akɛm]) is an elevated station of the Paris Métro serving line 6 in the Boulevard de Grenelle in the 15th arrondissement.
[1]: 23 The station was called Quai de Grenelle until 18 June 1949, when it was renamed to commemorate the battle of Bir Hakeim.
[2][3] The station has three entrances established on the central median of the Boulevard de Grenelle:[4] Each opens onto a communal area under the viaduct from which access to the platforms is via fixed stairs, escalators, or elevators.
The work was offered to the RATP in exchange for a Guimard entrance for the Van Buren Street station of the Chicago subway.
Near the station is the site of the former Vélodrome d'hiver (Winter Velodrome or "Vel' d'Hiv"), which was famous for its cycling competitions but became infamous as the first place of detention for thousands of Parisian Jews who were rounded up by the police on 16 and 17 July 1942 before their deportation to Nazi concentration camps.