Place Denfert-Rochereau
Place Denfert-Rochereau (square, 14th arrondissement): €1.5M paid by the City in 2025, 8 Paris Council deliberations about it and municipal bulletin extracts. The source of each item is given.
Source: Conseil de Paris, Bulletin municipal officiel, opendata.paris.fr, data as of 29 September 2026.
€1.5M
paid by the City for this place in 2025
The place Denfert-Rochereau is a square in the south of Paris, formerly called "place d'Enfer," located in the city's 14th arrondissement, in the Montparnasse neighbourhood. Wikipedia ↗
One of 225 places · €2.9 B paid by the City
What the City funds here
Works and renovation
€2.4M
paid · 2024–2025
The 2 projects
Place Denfert Rocherau - Aménagement2024 · City accounts€901kPlace Denfert Rochereau - Aménagement2025 · City accounts€1.5MThe 6 contracts · 2023–2025, €10 M ceiling
Travaux d’infrastructure pour le réaménagement de la place Denfert-RochereauEUROVIA ILE DE FRANCE · 2025€6.2MTravaux de végétalisation dans le cadre du réaménagement de la place Denfert-Rochereau à Paris…TERIDEAL ESPACES VERTS ILE DE FRANCE · 2025€1.8MÉtudes pour le réaménagement de la place Denfert-Rochereau.BUREAU DES PAYSAGES · 2024€755kMS Reamenagement Place Denfert Rochereau Paris 14ALEXANDRE CHEMETOFF ET ASSOCIES · 2023€465kTravaux d'éclairage pour le réaménagement de la place Denfert-RochereauBOUYGUES ENERGIES & SERVICES · 2025€440kMS maîtrise d’œuvre Reamenagement Place Denfert-rochereauALEXANDRE CHEMETOFF ET ASSOCIES · 2023€308kA contract amount is a ceiling: what was actually paid on it is not published by the City.
At the Conseil de Paris
4 moments chosen from the 8 deliberations about this place.
MARCH 2016Redesign of seven squares: a motion targets Denfert-Rochereau, called "sacrificed"
In the debate on the redevelopment of seven squares, a motion from Les Républicains targeted the square; Ms Kosciusko-Morizet judged it "sacrificed" and left out of the project.Read the decision ↗APRIL 2006€40,000 investment grant approved to renovate the Le Denfert cinema
The Council authorized an investment grant of €40,000 to the Le Denfert cinema, presented for its renovation and modernization.Read the decision ↗OCTOBER 2003Replacement of the Catacombs visitor-route railings approved
The Council approved the principle of replacing the gates on the Catacombs visitor circuit and authorized the Mayor to sign the contract.Read the decision ↗OCTOBER 199815 m² plot declassified and sold to the RATP for 192,000 F
The Council declassified a 15 m² plot at the corner of the boulevard Saint-Jacques and authorized its sale to the Syndicat des Transports parisiens (192,000 F), for an RATP kiosk project.Read the decision ↗4 more moments, 2003–2025
JULY 2025Motion filed on redesigning the square
The Changer Paris group filed a motion concerning the square's layout.Read the decision ↗DECEMBER 2024Motion on transforming the square withdrawn from the agenda
The motion from the Les Écologistes group on the square's transformation was withdrawn from the agenda.Read the decision ↗JULY 2004€20,000 operating grant approved for the Le Denfert cinema
The Council authorized an operating grant of €20,000 to the Le Denfert cinema, 24 place Denfert-Rochereau, for its programming.Read the decision ↗JANUARY 2003Oral question on rerouting bus 38 into the side lane, residents not consulted
An oral question from the UDF group relayed the concern of local residents, who had not been consulted, over the diversion of bus route 38 onto the side lane between the square and the rue Cassini.Read the decision ↗Other places · Squares & monuments
