Petite Ceinture
Petite Ceinture (infrastructure): €19.7M of City money since 2010, 43 Paris Council deliberations and municipal bulletin extracts, every fact linked to its source.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 13 September 2026.
The Petite Ceinture line of Paris, commonly referred to as the Petite Ceinture, is a 32-kilometer double-track railway line encircling Paris inside the boulevards des Maréchaux. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
15 k € in 2010 · 2.1 €M in 2024
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
The 15 projects
LA RECONQUETE DE LA PETITE CEINTURE2016–2022 · City accounts6.3€MPETITE CEINTURE2015–2022 · City accounts3.9€MPETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2011–2013 · City accounts3.8€MPETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2009–2013 · City accounts1.5€MPETITE CEINTURE2018–2021 · City accounts677k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2014–2015 · City accounts392k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2012–2013 · City accounts391k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2014–2018 · City accounts205k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2014–2017 · City accounts177k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2013 · City accounts144k €PETITE CEINTURE SECTEUR 15 - 1ERE PHASE2014–2015 · City accounts40k €Poursuivre l'ouverture de la Petite Ceinture2024 · City accounts1.6€MQuartiers populaires : reconquête de la Petite Ceinture2024 · City accounts385k €La reconquête de la petite ceinture2024 · City accounts126k €Poursuivre l'ouverture de la Petite Ceinture2024 · City accounts51k €The 12 contracts
Acbc Aménagement Promenade Petite Ceinture 20e lot 1ENTREPRISE DE TRAVAUX PUBLICS EGA · 20231.6€MTravaux Promenade Petite Ceinture-Genie Civil/vrd-lot 1TERIDEAL · 20221.3€MCSP EP Travaux Aménagement Petite Ceinture Troncon PC -lot 2:serrurerENVIRONNEMENT SERVICES · 2019612k €Travaux d’espaces verts pour l’aménagement d’une promenade de la Petite Ceinture dans le secteur compris entre la gare Masséna et le pont de Patay à Paris 13eARTOPIA · 2025588k €Travaux Promenade Petite Ceinture-Serrurerie/metall-lot 2SERRURERIE MENUISERIE · 2022558k €Acbc Aménagement Promenade Petite Ceinture 20e lot 2ENVIRONNEMENT SERVICES · 2023500k €/acbc Travaux Amenagmt Acces à la Promenade (petite Ceinture)URBAINE DE TRAVAUX · 2023180k €Travaux de serrurerie et de métallerie sur la Petite Ceinture du 15e arrondissement.ENVIRONNEMENT SERVICES · 2024166k €Fourniture et Pose Modules Préfabriqués Petite Ceinture 13EYVES COUGNAUD · 2019163k €Msac-etude Tech Operat Aménagement Petite CeintureETUDES PLURIDISCIPLIN ET CONSEILS · 2023148k €MET Aménagement Promenade Petite Ceinture 14,17,20ETUDES PLURIDISCIPLIN ET CONSEILS · 201652k €Maîtrise d’œuvre relative à la construction d’un escalier métallique pour l’aménagement de la petite ceinture en promenade – Paris 19eWAO · 202418k €Outside the figure: 62 k € of works and renovation, in 2009. The City publishes investment from 2009, subsidies from 2010.
A contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
What the Paris Council said about it
6 moments chosen from the 43 deliberations read.
APRIL 2025The contractual deadline and the figures on recordGrants to the five integration associations that maintain the line and a Communist motion on renewing the 2015 framework agreement, which has reached its term; the City announces 11.5 kilometers accessible in 2026 across 9 arrondissements.NOVEMBER 2018The conflict over who decides on the built heritageMotion filed after the withdrawal of a plan for a City-SNCF simplified joint-stock company (société par actions simplifiée) on the future of the Petite Ceinture buildings, described as a "cash machine" and criticized for its governance; unfavorable opinion from the Executive.FEBRUARY 2018The City becomes manager, not just occupantManagement-transfer agreement for PC 17: the City undertakes to assume the maintenance, day-to-day management and surveillance of more than 16,000 m², which the mayor of the 17th considers to come with no guarantee of resources.NOVEMBER 2013The open promenade, its uses and its conflictsAmendment to the 15th arrondissement works contract for educational panels and a link to a tennis court; the debate covers graffiti tags, stones thrown at local residents, the trial without bins and the weekend closing time.JULY 2011First section placed under agreement, then developedSigning with RFF of a temporary occupancy agreement on the Balard-Olivier de Serres stretch (15th arrondissement) and extension of the framework agreement; the mayor of the 15th recalls a consultation that brought together 300 local residents and a delay in the schedule.MAY 2006The contractual framework that makes the conversion possibleMotion accompanying the City-RFF protocol concluded for five years: the Council notes that no railway project has been confirmed and calls for the swift launch of the paths, gardens and recreational uses planned on the extra-width strips and the track bed.



