Villejuif–Léo Lagrange (French pronunciation: [vilʒɥif leo laɡʁɑ̃ʒ]) is a station of the Paris Métro, located on Line 7.
The station is named after Léo Lagrange (1900–1940), a French socialist politician and under-secretary of state for sport, who helped organise the People's Olympiad in Barcelona in opposition to the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin and died during the Battle of France.
[1] Various records of the greatest athletes in the history of sports can be found on the walls of the station dating from the 1990s.
[4] The station has an ascending escalator, from the platform to the public thoroughfare on the Avenue de Paris.
On the walls, you can observe photos, read exploits, and anecdotes or records of the greatest athletes in the history of sport.