The station opened on 24 September 1937 under the name Vallier before taking its present name on 1 May 1946 in honor of Louise Michel, an anarchist and communard.
The undeground station is situated in the community of Levallois-Perret. It is served by the metro line 3.
Entrance to this station is via a corner entrance in a building. A curved flat roof provides some shelter.
The station name has been printed in in upper- and lower case white letters on a dark blue sign across the entrance. To the left of it is the number of the metro line, to the right the logo of the RATP, who is operating this line.
The sign has been placed on the box holding the shutters when the station is open.
A large clear plexiglass sheet has been fixed on the wall above the shop showing a large letter M in a circle, and at the bottom a smaller section with the station name, logo and metro line.
The walls have been tiled with metro tiles. Coloured rectangular plastic shapes have been stuck to some tiles.
Metal handrails have been fixed to the wall. Above it is a narrow advertising board in a slim frame.
The walls in the corridor are tiled to about head height in small white ceramic tiles with raised centres. The bottom row is made up of brown, plain tiles. The top border row consists of brown tiles with a squared flower pattern.
The vaulted ceiling is painted white.
Details of the top border tiles.
The top and bottom edges of the tiles are curved and raised. Each of the brown tiles has two flowers made up of a center square, a raised circle on each side of the square and four spades looking outwards.
Platform Line 3
The station has two side platforms. The edges of the platforms are marked with a strip of grey raised circles and a white line. The ground is covered in grey slip resistant paint.
The platform is furnished in the Andreu-Motte style: tiled bases, plastic seats and lights in rectangular boxes suspended from the ceiling in matching colours.
The walls and vaulted ceiling are tiled in small rectangular flat white tiles.
The signage is a dark blue plasticised frameless sign with mixed-case white letters.
Below it is a network map in a white ceramic frame and some service posters in a silver metal frame.
Seating is provided in form of red plastic seats on a base covered in red flat ceramic tiles. The base runs along the length of the wall. Behind the seats are large metal advertising frames.