Why did Paris name a metro station and a street after Étienne Marcel?
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Naming a street after a historical personality is not uncommon in France, as in all democratic countries, no matter the political and historical (sometimes controversial) implications. (For example, in Paris and France one can find names of streets or metro stations like Robespierre, Stalingrad, more rarely Lenin, and - much more discreetly - even Stalin.)
Étienne Marcel was a important enough figure, and he is especially important for the history of the city of Paris, which enjoyed a long tradition of autonomy in the middle age (as did many cities in France and Europe) contrasting with the relatively more recent absolutist royalty.
The end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century is an important period for the French republic, when in spite of a persisting conflict between old and new, a large republican consensus is established, one where people were looking for symbolic historical precedents.
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