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Place de la Concorde

Place de la Concorde (square, 8th arrondissement): €194k paid by the City in 2021 and 35 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.

€194k
paid by the City for this place in 2021

Place de la Concorde, which covers 7.56 hectares, is the largest square in Paris. Wikipedia ↗

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

What the City funds here

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.

At the Conseil de Paris

6 moments chosen from the 35 deliberations about this place.

FEBRUARY 2026East moat management transferred to the City, ahead of Philippe Prost's worksThe 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.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 2017Ferris wheel deal not renewed; search for another location launchedThe 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.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 2016Debate requested on the Ferris wheel deal after the operator's indictmentThe 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.Read the decision ↗
SEPTEMBER 2001The Ferris wheel acknowledged as unauthorized, with no legal agreementIn 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.Read the decision ↗
JANUARY 200184% favor less car traffic; the 8th arrondissement's mayor asks for rejectionIn 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.Read the decision ↗
NOVEMBER 1999Public consultation on the renovation approved; the opposition calls it too thinThe 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.Read the decision ↗
2 more moments, 2001–2010
JULY 2010Ferris wheel agreement signed: €400,000 plus €50,000 for the sales standsThe 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.Read the decision ↗
OCTOBER 2001Maintenance works on the two historic fountains approvedThe Council approves the principle and the works contracts for periodic maintenance, upkeep, and urgent repairs of the square's two historic fountains.Read the decision ↗

All deliberations ↗

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