The Hôtel de Ville
The Hôtel de Ville is the city hall of Paris, France, standing on the Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération in the 4th arrondissement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Administrative facility
- Description: town hall of Paris, France
- Also known as: “Hôtel de Ville”, “Hôtel de Ville, Paris”, “Paris City Council”, and “Paris Town Hall”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Notre Dame de Paris and Centre Georges Pompidou.
Notre Dame de Paris
Church
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Notre-Dame de Paris, often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. Notre Dame de Paris is situated 430 metres southwest of The Hôtel de Ville.
Centre Georges Pompidou
Arts center
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The Centre Pompidou, more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou, also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. Centre Georges Pompidou is situated 450 metres north of The Hôtel de Ville.
Île de la Cité
Islet
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The Île de la Cité is one of two natural islands on the Seine River in central Paris. It spans 22.5 hectares of land. In the 4th century, it was the site of the fortress of the area governor for the Roman Empire.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include 4th arrondissement and Marais.
4th arrondissement
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The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.
Marais
Suburb
Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
The Marais is a historic district in Paris, France. It spreads across parts of the 3rd and 4th arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the Seine.
Quartier des Halles
Quarter
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Les Halles was Paris's central fresh food market. It last operated on 12 January 1973 and was replaced by an underground shopping centre and a park. The unpopular modernist development was demolished yet again in 2010, and replaced by the Westfield Forum des Halles, a modern shopping mall built largely underground and topped by an undulating 2.5 hectare canopy.
The Hôtel de Ville
- Categories: city hall, building, and government building
- Location: Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“The Hôtel de Ville” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قصر بلدية باريس”
- Armenian: “Օտել դե Վիլ”
- Armenian: “Օտել դը Վիլ”
- Basque: “Parisko herriko etxea”
- Belarusian: “Мэрыя Парыжа”
- Bulgarian: “Парижка община”
- Catalan: “Ajuntament de París”
- Chinese: “巴黎市政厅”
- Chinese: “巴黎市政廳”
- Czech: “Hotel de Ville de Paris”
- Czech: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Czech: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Danish: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Danish: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Dutch: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Dutch: “stadhuis van Parijs”
- Dutch: “Stadhuis van Parijs”
- Esperanto: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Esperanto: “Urbdomo de Parizo”
- Esperanto: “Urbodomo de Parizo”
- Finnish: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Finnish: “Pariisin kaupungintalo”
- French: “hôtel de ville de Paris”
- French: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- French: “mairie de Paris”
- French: “Hôtel de Ville” (historical)
- Georgian: “ოტელ-დე-ვილი”
- German: “Hôtel de Ville”
- German: “Pariser Rathaus”
- German: “Rathaus der Stadt Paris”
- German: “Rathaus von Paris”
- Greek: “Δημαρχείο του Παρισιού”
- Greek: “Δημαρχιακό Μέγαρο του Παρισιού”
- Hebrew: “אוטל דה ויל”
- Hebrew: “בית העירייה של פריז”
- Hebrew: “בית עיריית פריז”
- Hebrew: “בית עיריית פריס”
- Hebrew: “האוטל דה ויל של פריז”
- Hebrew: “הוטל דה ויל”
- Inari Sami: “Pariisi kaavpugtáálu”
- Indonesian: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Italian: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Italian: “Hôtel de Ville di Parigi”
- Italian: “Hotel de Ville”
- Italian: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Italian: “Municipio di Parigi”
- Japanese: “パリ市庁舎”
- Korean: “파리 시청”
- Korean: “파리 시청사”
- Luxembourgish: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Malay: “Hôtel de Ville, Paris”
- Northern Sami: “Paris ráđđeviessu”
- Northern Sami: “Parisa ráđđeviessu”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Norwegian: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Persian: “تالار شهر پاریس”
- Polish: “Ratusz w Paryżu”
- Portuguese: “Câmara Municipal de Paris”
- Portuguese: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Portuguese: “Prefeitura de Paris”
- Romanian: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Russian: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Russian: “Отель-де-Виль”
- Skolt Sami: “Pariis lâʹnnpõrtt”
- Slovak: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Slovak: “Parížska radnica”
- Spanish: “Ayuntamiento de París”
- Spanish: “Casa Consistorial de París”
- Swedish: “Hôtel de Ville de Paris”
- Swedish: “Hôtel de Ville, Paris”
- Swedish: “Hôtel de ville”
- Swedish: “Paris stadshus”
- Thai: “ออแตลเดอวีล”
- Turkish: “Hôtel de Ville, Paris”
- Turkish: “Hôtel de Ville”
- Ukrainian: “Отель-де-Віль”
- Ukrainian: “Паризька ратуша”
- Urdu: “اوتیل دے ویل، پیرس”
- Vietnamese: “Hôtel de ville de Paris”
- Vietnamese: “Toà thị chính Paris”
- Vietnamese: “Tòa thị chính Paris”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Quartier Saint-Merri and Place de l’Hôtel-de-Ville – Esplanade de la Libération.
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