Place de la République
Place de la République (square, 3rd arrondissement): €24.1M of City money since 2010 and 32 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.
The place de la République is a 3.4-hectare square located on the boundary between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris. Wikipedia ↗
What the City funds here
1 €M in 2010 · 38 k € in 2023
Click a year for its amount and the Conseil de Paris decision.
The 11 projects
PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2011–2013 · City accounts14.3€MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2013 · City accounts2.7€MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2012–2013 · City accounts2.7€MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2009–2013 · City accounts1.6€MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2010–2013 · City accounts1.5€MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2014–2016 · City accounts628k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2014–2016 · City accounts229k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2014–2016 · City accounts187k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2014–2015 · City accounts8k €Opérations d'aménagement Place de la République - Aménagement (plantations commémoratives)2019 · City accounts204k €Place de la république - Réfection des trottoirs2023 · City accounts38k €Outside the figure: 23 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 41 deliberations read.
DECEMBER 2020A migrant camp evicted amid tensionSeveral motions denounced the eviction, on 23 November 2020, of a migrant camp set up at the place de la République, and called for systematic emergency shelter.MAY 2016Nuit Debout: demonstrating without taking over the squareFaced with the Nuit Debout movement, which had been camped there since 31 March, several motions sought to reconcile the right to demonstrate with the nuisances reported by local residents.FEBRUARY 2013Bringing the new square to life to avoid a "dead space"The Council entrusted the "Monde et Médias" café pavilion to the S.O.S. group, due to open in spring 2013 when the square was handed over.JUNE 2010The opposition disputes the €17.5 millionIn approving the objectives and the consultation process, the Council faced down the opposition, which disputed the €17.5 million cost put forward during the session and demanded a prior trial run.MARCH 2010TVK to redesign one of Europe's largest squaresThe Council authorized signing the project management contract with the TVK team; the project was to transform the roundabout around the statue into a pedestrian space.SEPTEMBER 2003Restoring Marianne, the first call to keep out carsThe Council authorized the restoration of the monument to the glory of the Republic, at the centre of the square, and adopted two motions calling for a study on closing it to car traffic.
