Bassin de la Villette
Bassin de la Villette (infrastructure, 19th arrondissement): €806k of City money since 2010 and 40 Paris Council deliberations, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
806k €
ordered from companies for this place — contract ceilings, not spending
The Bassin de la Villette is the largest artificial body of water in Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
806k €
contract ceiling · 2015–2025
6 contracts signed in 2015–2025, 806 k € ceiling
The 6 contracts
Paris Plages 2015 2018 lot 6 Dirt Bassin de la VilletteHOVERALL · 2015220k €Animations nautiques au bassin de la Villette 2025CONTRASTE · 2025185k €Mise en place d’une animation Tyrolienne sur le bassin de la Villette pour l’opération Paris Plages 2025PRISME EVENTS · 2025127k €MS Opération Paris-plages 2017-BASSIN de la VilletteGL EVENTS LIVE · 2017114k €Conception et Orga Spectacle Vivant Bassin de la VilletteILOTOPIE INVENT INTERV ARTISTI · 201990k €Marché subséquent à l'accord-cadre n° 20212021S03792 lot 1- relatif à l’organisation et mise en place d’un dispositif de premiers secours pour l’opération Paris Plages 2025 – Bassin de la VilletteCROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE · 202570k €Also funded here
Organisations that receive a subsidy for an activity at this place without running it.
A contract amount is a ceiling, not spending: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen from the 42 deliberations read.
SEPTEMBER 2017Conflict over the allocation of mooringsTopical question from Ms Simonnet on the eviction of cultural barges following a contested tenderNOVEMBER 2016Founding moment for urban bathing in ParisAuthorization of free public open-water bathing at the basin, presented as the first of its kind in Paris, under the "Nager à Paris" planNOVEMBER 2007Delegated governance of boating activitiesAuthorization given to the Mayor to sign a 15-year public service delegation for the basin's boating stopover and the Port de l'ArsenalDECEMBER 2006Conflict between public heritage and private concessionContradictory debate over the occupancy agreement for the Rotonde de Ledoux by a private operator (café-restaurant), a 4.5 million euro restoration project, which Violette Baranda called a privatizationJULY 2003First major commercial development on the basinDebate over the duration (50 years) of the lease for the MK2 cinema complex on quai de la LoireDECEMBER 1996Founding conflict over the site's urban planningTopical question from elected officials of the 19th arrondissement on the imbalance of the "Bassin de la Villette" ZAC (construction site halted by mobilized residents)2 more moments, 2018–2023
JULY 2023Summer programming and a recent usage conflictFree bathing for 2023 approved, with a warning about misuse attributed to the boat-rental concession holderMAY 2018Tension between festive uses and residentsMotion from the 19th arrondissement calling for a noise-measurement mechanism (Bruitparif) in response to the basin's festive attendanceOther places · Markets & services
