Infrastructure · 19e

Bassin de la Villette

The Bassin de la Villette is the largest artificial body of water in Paris.

It was filled with water on 2 December 1808. Located in the 19th arrondissement of the capital, it connects the Canal de l'Ourcq and the Canal Saint-Denis to the Canal Saint-Martin and is one of the elements of the Parisian canal network. Wikipedia ↗

Ordered (contract ceilings)

806k €

Deliberations 1996–2023

Also funded here

Organisations that receive a subsidy for an activity at this place without running it.

ZERO WASTE PARIS →15 k €

Contracts signed for this place806 k €

Paris Plages 2015 2018 lot 6 Dirt Bassin de la VilletteHOVERALL · 2015220 k €Animations nautiques au bassin de la Villette 2025CONTRASTE · 2025185 k €Mise en place d’une animation Tyrolienne sur le bassin de la Villette pour l’opération Paris Plages 2025PRISME EVENTS · 2025127 k €

Show the 3 other contracts

MS Opération Paris-plages 2017-BASSIN de la VilletteGL EVENTS LIVE · 2017114 k €Conception et Orga Spectacle Vivant Bassin de la VilletteILOTOPIE INVENT INTERV ARTISTI · 201990 k €Marché subséquent à l'accord-cadre n° 20212021S03792 lot 1- relatif à l’organisation et mise en place d’un dispositif de premiers secours pour l’opération Paris Plages 2025 – Bassin de la VilletteCROIX ROUGE FRANCAISE · 202570 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

DECEMBER 1996founding conflict over the site's urban planningTopical question from elected officials of the 19th arrondissement on the imbalance of the "Bassin de la Villette" ZAC (construction site halted by mobilized residents)

JULY 2003first major commercial development on the basinDebate over the duration (50 years) of the lease for the MK2 cinema complex on quai de la Loire

NOVEMBER 2007delegated governance of boating activitiesAuthorization given to the Mayor to sign a 15-year public service delegation for the basin's boating stopover and the Port de l'Arsenal

DECEMBER 2006conflict between public heritage and private concessionContradictory debate over the occupancy agreement for the Rotonde de Ledoux by a private operator (café-restaurant), a 4.5 million euro restoration project, which Violette Baranda called a privatization

NOVEMBER 2016founding moment for urban bathing in ParisAuthorization of free public open-water bathing at the basin, presented as the first of its kind in Paris, under the "Nager à Paris" plan

SEPTEMBER 2017conflict over the allocation of mooringsTopical question from Ms Simonnet on the eviction of cultural barges following a contested tender

See 2 more moments

MAY 2018tension between festive uses and residentsMotion from the 19th arrondissement calling for a noise-measurement mechanism (Bruitparif) in response to the basin's festive attendance

JULY 2023summer programming and a recent usage conflictFree bathing for 2023 approved, with a warning about misuse attributed to the boat-rental concession holder

AI reading of 42 documents out of the 824 returned by the search — each line links to its deliberation.

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