Catacombes de Paris
Catacombes de Paris (musée, 14th arrondissement): €4.3M paid by the City in 2019, 8 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.
€4.3M
paid by the City for this place in 2019
The Catacombs of Paris, a term used to name the municipal ossuary, are originally part of the old underground quarries located in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, linked together by inspection galleries. Wikipedia ↗
One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
€17.2M
paid · 2016–2022
€861k in 2016 · €7.9M in 2018 (the highest) · €2k in 2022
2010
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At the Conseil de Paris
4 moments chosen from the 8 deliberations about this place.
FEBRUARY 2013Motion on the site's repeated closures
A motion from the U.D.I. group pointed to repeated closures (electrical, ventilation, falling bones); the deputy mayor replied by detailing two recent closures.Read the decision ↗OCTOBER 2009Reopening after the ossuary vandalism, €700,000 spent on security since 2004
After the ossuary was vandalized on 12 September, the Council examined access changes allowing it to reopen; the deputy mayor put security-related spending since 2004 at close to 700,000 €.Read the decision ↗OCTOBER 2009Ticket prices aligned with the city museums' pricing
The Council abolished the Catacombs' specific rates and aligned them with the City's museum pricing scale, effective 26 October 2009.Read the decision ↗NOVEMBER 1999Electrical modernisation contract approved, use of outside consultants questioned
The Council authorized the Mayor to sign the contract for modernizing the museum's electrical installations; in session, a councillor from the U.D.F. group expressed surprise at the use of an outside engineering firm.Read the decision ↗3 more moments, 2003–2007
MAY 2007Fire-detection and evacuation works approved
The Council approved the principle of fire-detection works and commissioning an emergency staircase at the museum.Read the decision ↗JULY 2006Entry ticket set at 7 euros
The Council set admission prices for the Catacombs at 7.00 € full price and 5.50 € reduced price.Read the decision ↗OCTOBER 2003Replacement of the visitor circuit's gates approved
The Council approved the principle of works to replace the grilles along the visitor circuit and authorized the Mayor to sign the contract.Read the decision ↗Other places · Culture
