Square · 3e
Place de la République
The place de la République is a 3.4-hectare square located on the boundary between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements of Paris.
Actually paid
23.9€M
Ordered (contract ceilings)
600k €
Works paid for, year by year23.9 €M
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See the 10 works programmes in detail (2009–2016)
PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE14.3 €MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2.7 €MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE2.7 €MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE1.6 €MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE1.5 €MPLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE628 k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE229 k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE187 k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE8 k €PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE3 k €Payments traced in the City’s published accounts: detailed per works programme until 2017, then only for some large projects from 2019. Each line links to the online accounts.
Contracts signed for this place600 k €
Gestion Animation Ludokiosque Place de la RepubliqueASS LUDOTHEQUES ILE DE FRANCE · 2014600 k €Maximum amount set in the contract, not the final spend: what was actually paid on each contract is not published by the City. Each line links to the contract record.
Key moments
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
See 2 more moments
APRIL 2004The Resistance enters the square's very groundA garden on the square was named square André Tollet, in tribute to the chairman of the Comité parisien de la Libération.
JUNE 2009The architectural competition opens, 72 applications receivedMs Annick LEPETIT announced the appointment of the first jury and the selection of five architectural teams, out of 72 applications, to sketch out the redevelopment.
AI reading of 41 documents out of the 1591 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.
Sources
Conseil de Paris (Débat-Délibs) ↗ · Bulletin municipal officiel (Gallica/BnF) ↗ · CA annexes, Ville de Paris · Wikipédia ↗
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