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Piscine Molitor

Piscine Molitor (swimming pool, 16th arrondissement): 39 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.

The Piscine Molitor is an aquatic and hotel complex bordering the Bois de Boulogne, between the Roland-Garros stadium and the Parc des Princes, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. Wikipedia ↗

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

No grant, investment or contract is linked to this place in open data. Its day-to-day running costs are not broken down by place: the gap does not mean it costs nothing.

At the Conseil de Paris

5 moments chosen from the 39 deliberations about this place.

NOVEMBER 200854-year lease signed with ColSpa (Colony Capital)The Council approved the administrative long lease (bail emphytéotique administratif) and authorized the Mayor to sign it with ColSpa SAS (a Colony Capital group) for a term of 54 years.Read the decision ↗
APRIL 2002Three studies find the concrete's condition "extremely worrying"The deputy mayor stated that three consistent studies judged the state of the concrete to be 'extremely worrying,' making an identical restoration of the pool uncertain.Read the decision ↗
MAY 2001Rave party draws 2,000 people into the pool closed since 1989The representative of the Prefect of Police described in detail the rave party of 15 April 2001, which brought together about 2,000 people in the disused pool, closed since 1989.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2000The Culture minister refuses the demolition permitThe City stated that the Minister of Culture, Catherine Tasca, had refused, on 3 August 2000, the authorization needed for the demolition permit, which blocked the partial rehabilitation project.Read the decision ↗
JULY 1999Building rights sold to Meunier Promotion to fund the renovationThe Council voted on the redevelopment of the site: the City transferred building rights to Meunier Promotion to finance the rehabilitation of one of the two pools, with the opposition denouncing a sell-off of heritage.Read the decision ↗
3 more moments, 1999–2021
APRIL 2021Motion for school time slots rejected by the CityThe deputy mayor issued an unfavorable opinion on a motion demanding school time slots at Molitor, explaining that the lease imposes no obligation to accommodate schools and that the site had proven unsuitable.Read the decision ↗
OCTOBER 2002Architects compensated after the hotel project was droppedThe Council examined compensation for architects Reichen et Robert and Mimram, whose 1997 project-management contracts were terminated after the hotel project was abandoned.Read the decision ↗
JANUARY 1999City authorised to defend itself against the association's lawsuitThe Council authorized the Mayor to defend the City before the administrative court in the proceedings brought by the association Piscine Molitor, which sought the annulment of the 1997 deliberation on restructuring the site.Read the decision ↗

All deliberations ↗

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