Place de la Concorde
Place de la Concorde (square, 8th arrondissement): €301k of City money since 2010 and 35 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.
301k €
paid by the City for this place since 2010
Place de la Concorde, which covers 7.56 hectares, is the largest square in Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
301k €
paid · 2010–2022
3 building projects paid, from the City’s published accounts.
7 contracts signed in 2018–2025, 8.4 €M ceiling
The 3 projects
FONTAINE DE LA CONCORDE2009 · City accounts3k €Patrimoine de voirie Place de la Concorde - Réfection des trottoirs et de la chaussée2021 · City accounts194k €Place de la Concorde - Travaux d'entretien2022 · City accounts107k €The 7 contracts
Accord-cadre mono-attributaire à bons de commandes et à marchés subséquents de maîtrise d’œuvre pour le réaménagement de la place de la Concorde, à Paris 8ePHILIPPE PROST - AAPP. ATELIER D'ARCHITECTURE PHILIPPE PROST · 20258€MMS Restauration Deux Guerites Place de la ConcordeH. CHEVALIER · 2022182k €Installation d'une piste de luge sur la place de la ConcordePRISME EVENTS · 202445k €Éclairage Sono Bals Place de la Concorde 28/29/30-12-2018VIDELIO EVENTS · 201840k €Réalisation Stand Salon PPE Place de la Concorde 23-24-11-23ACTIVISE · 202337k €Réalisation Stand Salon PPE Place de la Concorde 6-7-10-2022ACTIVISE · 202236k €Stand Parispour L'emploi Place de la Concorde 4-5 OCT 2018ACTIVISE · 201827k €Outside the figure: 3 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 36 deliberations read.
FEBRUARY 2026The City gains full land management of the squareThe Council approves the signing of an agreement transferring management of the Eastern ditches (fossés Est) between the State and the City, the final legal step before work begins on the redevelopment project entrusted to architect Philippe Prost.NOVEMBER 2017The City chooses not to renew the Ferris wheel on place de la ConcordeThe Council adopts the Executive's revised motion recording the non-renewal of the occupation agreement with the company Fêtes Loisirs for the Ferris wheel, with a search for another location for a future attraction.NOVEMBER 2016With the Ferris wheel operator placed under formal investigation, the City grows concernedThe Council adopts a motion, amended by the Executive, calling for a debate to be held in autumn 2017 on renewing the Ferris wheel agreement, following the operating company Fêtes Loisirs being placed under formal investigation.SEPTEMBER 2001The City itself calls the Ferris wheel's occupation illegalIn response to a written question, the City acknowledges that the Grande Roue de Paris occupies the square without a signed legal agreement and declares it to be in an irregular situation with regard to the Ministry of Culture's authorization.JANUARY 2001Parisians consulted say they favor fewer carsIn session, one councillor states that the consultation gathered 84% favorable opinions on reducing car traffic on the square, while the mayor of the 8th arrondissement calls for the project to be rejected for lack of an impact study.NOVEMBER 1999Starting point of the major project to rehabilitate the squareThe Council approves the objectives and terms of the preliminary consultation for the rehabilitation of the square; in session, the opposition denounces an overly sketchy project and proposes a comprehensive redevelopment combining the square and the Champs-Élysées.2 more moments, 2001–2010
JULY 2010The Ferris wheel brings the City €400,000 in fees, plus €50,000 for the adjoining sales pointsThe Council authorizes the signing of an agreement with the company Loisirs associés for the Ferris wheel and four sales points, for a fee of €400,000 plus €50,000 for the adjoining sales points.OCTOBER 2001Restoring the square's listed fountains, a recurring projectThe Council approves the principle and the works contracts for periodic maintenance, upkeep, and urgent repairs of the square's two historic fountains.Other places · Squares & monuments
