Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne

Bibliothèque de la Sorbonne (library, 5th arrondissement): €33k paid by the City in 2019 and 7 Paris Council deliberations about it. The source of each item is given.

Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.

€33k

paid by the City for this place in 2019

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 ↗

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What the City funds here

Works and renovation

€26.1M

paid · 2010–2019

€3.1M in 2010 · €9.5M in 2012 (the highest) · €33k in 2019

20102019

Click a year to see its amount.

The 5 projects

SORBONNE - BIBLIOTHEQUE ↗2010–2013 · City accounts€13.7MSORBONNE - BIBLIOTHEQUE ↗2009–2013 · City accounts€11.1MSORBONNE - BIBLIOTHEQUE ↗2014–2017 · City accounts€1.2MSORBONNE - BIBLIOTHEQUE ↗2014–2017 · City accounts€136kSORBONNE BIBLIOTHEQUE ↗2018–2019 · City accounts€108k

Outside the figure: €619.43 of works and renovation, in 2009. The City publishes investment from 2009, subsidies from 2010.

At the Conseil de Paris

5 moments chosen from the 7 deliberations about this place.

JULY 2009Amendment raises the project management contract to €1.49M

The 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).Read the decision ↗

APRIL 2006Demolition and building permit applications authorized

The Council authorizes the Mayor to file the applications for demolition and building permits for the restructuring and safety-upgrade works.Read the decision ↗

DECEMBER 2004Restructuring works approved in principle, study contracts launched

The 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).Read the decision ↗

DECEMBER 2004A three-year full closure chosen over six years in phases; €14M invested

During the session, Mr.Read the decision ↗

DECEMBER 2004A motion asks to avoid any service interruption during the closure

The 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.Read the decision ↗

2 more moments, 2008–2009

JULY 2009Terms of the works contract approved, with room to negotiate up to one-tenth more

The 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.Read the decision ↗

FEBRUARY 2008Amendment to the project management contract to replace a co-contractor

The 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, the sole proprietorship that preceded it.Read the decision ↗

All deliberations ↗

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