Lac Daumesnil
Lac Daumesnil (infrastructure, 12th arrondissement): €396k of City money since 2010 and 5 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.
396k €
ordered from companies for this place — contract ceilings, not spending
Lac Daumesnil is an artificial lake located in the Bois de Vincennes in the 12th arrondissement in eastern Paris, France. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
396k €
contract ceiling · 2016
One contract signed in 2016, 396 k € ceiling
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
5 moments chosen from the 11 deliberations read.
JUNE 2024The latest dated chapter, a return to renaturation.Agreement with the Seine-Normandie water agency (AESN) to fund, via the Fonds vert, the renaturation of the lake's northern ring road (€800,000, including €264,000 from the State).NOVEMBER 2017Money and environmental controversy come to the fore.Progress review of the swimming area: announced cost of €9.5 million and DRIEE reservations relayed by an opposition councillor.SEPTEMBER 2016A shift toward a new use: swimming.Authorization to launch a free public 8,000 m² swimming area in the lake, despite ecologist reservations about the timeline of the environmental study.JULY 2003The first recurring conflict over use of the ring road.Amended motion on extending 'Paris Respire' to the lake's ring road, adopted after adding a requirement for consultation with neighboring municipalities.OCTOBER 1997The earliest management record found for the lake.Renewal of the navigation operating agreement for the lake with Mr.3 more moments, 2002–2021
JUNE 2021The lake's wildlife as a political issue in its own right.Motion on the welfare of the lake's birds (feeders, sex-ratio imbalance) that received an unfavorable opinion from the executive.MAY 2008Recurring tension between the funfair and car-free traffic.Green party motion against the nine-week suspension of 'Paris Respire' during the Foire du Trône funfair.JUNE 2002Invisible but foundational technical works.Public tender contract for the rehabilitation of the sewer network in the lake's area.Other places · Parks & gardens
