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The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Vitry-sur-Seine, Val-de-Marne, in the southern suburbs of Paris, France, standing on Avenue Youri Gagarine.
In July 1357, Étienne Marcel, provost of the merchants (i.e. mayor) of Paris, bought the so-called maison aux piliers ("House of Pillars") in the name of the municipality on the gently sloping shingle beach which served as a river port for unloading wheat and wood and later merged into a square, the Place de Grève ("Strand Square"), a place where Parisians often gathered, particularly for ...
Address Construction Architect Coordinates Paris City Hall: Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville - Esplanade de la Libération 1874 – 1882 Théodore Ballu, Édouard Deperthes: Town hall of Paris 1st arrondissement: 4 place du Louvre 1858 – 1860
The foundation stone for the new building was laid by the president of Paris City Council, Maurice Engelhard, on 30 October 1881. It was designed by Paul Laynaud in the Renaissance style , built in ashlar stone and was officially opened by the president of France, Jules Grévy , on 21 November 1883.
The Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération is a public square in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, located in front of the Hôtel de Ville. Before 1802, it was called the Place de Grève. The French word grève refers to a flat area covered with gravel or sand situated on the shores or banks of a body of water.
This is a list of city and town halls in France. The list is sortable by building age and height, and provides a link to the database of monuments historique, which is a listing of buildings and structures important to France's architectural and historical cultural heritage, [1] where relevant.
The Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville or Le BHV is a French department store chain with its flagship location at 52 Rue de Rivoli in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and faces the Hôtel de Ville where it gets its name, the flagship is served by the Hôtel de Ville Metro station. The chain is owned by Groupe SGM. The chain operates two full line stores ...
Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil] ⓘ, literally "City Hall") is a rapid transit station on lines 1 and 11 of the Paris Métro. It is named after the nearby Hôtel de Ville de Paris (City Hall) and is located within the fourth arrondissement of Paris.