The station is under and around Place de la Nation – each stopping point oriented along an east–west axis.

The station is located southwest of the loop and has two tracks framing a large central platform.

The station of line 9, also in a curve, is set lower than the others, under the northern part of the square, between Boulevard Voltaire and Avenue de Taillebourg.

Previously it was called the Place du Trône, where guillotines were set up during the French Revolution.

On the latter, the name of the station is written in capital letters on projecting backlit panels, while the 'shell' seats, characteristic of the Motte style, are white.

This stopping point is the only one to have lost its decoration since the renovation of the station, implemented within the framework of the RATP Renouveau du métro program.

The white ceramic tiles are flat and cover the walls, the vault (diagonally), the tunnel exits and some of the hallways.

The decoration is a particular variation of the Mouton style with two characteristic lighting canopies, walls covered with tiles, with unique patterns on the network, aligned horizontally and vertically, as well as a vault painted white.

The advertising frames are metallic and grey, and the platform is equipped with a few white Motte style seats.

For each stopping point, the name of the station is written in Parisine font on enamelled plates.

It is also served: The entrance to the metro is the setting for the outcome of Abdellatif Kechiche's film Poetical Refugee.