Vehicle seat with footrest

The motor vehicle's seat (1) has a pivotable lower leg support (3) with a footrest (4) at one end. The footrest has a footplate (41) which can hinge around an axis located at right angles to the lower leg support. In the stowed position the footplate is located parallel to the lower leg support, and when in use, perpendicular to it. The footplate is connected to a power accumulator and loads this during hinging out from the stowed position into the in-use position. The footrest has a locking device to fix the footplate in the in-use position.