Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne
Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne (library, 5th arrondissement): €26.1M of City money since 2010 and 7 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.
26.1€M
paid by the City for this place since 2010
The Sorbonne Library is an inter-university library attached, for its management, to Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, and located at 17 rue de la Sorbonne, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
26.1€M
paid · 2010–2019
5 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
3.1 €M in 2010 · 33 k € in 2019
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Outside the figure: 1 k € of works and renovation, in 2009. The City publishes investment from 2009, subsidies from 2010.
What the Paris Council said about it
5 moments chosen from the 7 deliberations read.
JULY 2009Increase in the project management contract submitted to the CouncilThe Council authorizes the Mayor to sign amendment no. 2 raising the project management contract from €1,298,762.71 to €1,492,934.51 (December 2004 value).APRIL 2006Green light to apply for demolition and building permitsThe Council authorizes the Mayor to file the applications for demolition and building permits for the restructuring and safety-upgrade works.DECEMBER 2004The principle approved, not a construction project launchedThe Council approves the principle of the restructuring and safety-upgrade works, and the procedures for awarding the study contracts (project management, technical inspection, occupational health and safety coordination, fire safety system coordination).DECEMBER 2004Three years on a closed site or six years with a partial, rotating closureDuring the session, Mr.DECEMBER 2004Where and how to transfer the library's activity during the closureThe motion states that the library handles 1,700 visits per day and that the site will be completely closed during the works, and writes that it “seems essential to do everything possible” so that there is no interruption in its operation and so that the collections, public reception, consultation and staff activity are not geographically scattered.2 more moments, 2008–2009
JULY 2009In 2004 the procedures for the study contracts, in 2009 those for the works contractThe Council approves the procedure for awarding the works contract through an open European call for tenders, and authorizes the Mayor, under conditions, to launch a negotiated procedure and to sign decisions to continue the works (décisions de poursuivre) up to one tenth of the initial value of the works.FEBRUARY 2008A co-contractor substituted within the project management consortiumThe Council authorizes the Mayor to sign amendment no. 1 to the project management contract, in order to take into account the substitution of SARL SCENERGIE for co-contractor no. 4 SCENERGIE Thierry DARDELIN.Other places · Culture
