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Maison de Balzac

Maison de Balzac (musée, 16th arrondissement): €49k in signed contracts (maximum amounts), 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.

€49k
ordered from companies for this place, at the contracts’ maximum amounts

The Maison de Balzac is a pavilion housing a museum dedicated to Honoré de Balzac, located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Wikipedia ↗

One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City

What the City funds here

Works and renovation
€49k
contract ceiling · 2019

A contract amount is a maximum: what was paid on it is not published by the City.

At the Conseil de Paris

6 moments chosen from the 8 deliberations about this place.

MARCH 2012Motion to protect the Maison de Balzac against a planned saleOn the plan to sell the adjoining property at 43-45 rue Raynouard, Mr Alphand and Mr Dreyfuss filed a motion for the safeguarding of the Maison de Balzac.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2011Motion to abandon the sale of houses next to the museumThe UMPPA group filed a motion asking the Mayor to abandon the sale of the houses adjoining the museum, deemed necessary for its expansion.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 20041826 edition printed by Balzac acquired for €130,000The Mayor was authorised to acquire for the museum the 1826 edition of La Physiologie du mariage printed by Balzac, for €130,000.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 2001Preventive archaeological digs approved in the gardenThe Council approved the principle of preventive archaeological excavations in the garden of the Maison de Balzac and authorised two agreements.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2000Balzac manuscript acquired for 350,000 FThe Mayor was authorised to acquire a Balzac manuscript for the Maison de Balzac, for 350,000 francs.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 199510,000 F granted to the Society of Friends of BalzacThe Council granted 10,000 francs to the Société des amis d'Honoré de Balzac et de la Maison de Balzac, based at the museum's address.Read the decision ↗
One more moment, 2000
MARCH 2000Objectives agreement signed with the Society of Friends of BalzacThe Mayor was authorised to sign an objectives agreement with the Société des amis d'Honoré de Balzac et de la maison de Balzac.Read the decision ↗

Further back, in the municipal bulletin: 1966 · 1960 · 1933 · 1931

All deliberations ↗

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