Paris is known as the City of Light . Part of the credit for this sobriquet can be ascribed to long-standing city ordinances that have restricted the height of buildings in the central city. A more modest skyline, interrupted only by the Eiffel Tower , the Tour Montparnasse , Sacré-Coeur , and a few church steeples, lends this city's citizens virtually unfettered access to natural light. Nonetheless, another significant contributor to the feeling of openness in Paris is the vast number of public spaces, both green and paved, interspersed throughout all twenty arrondissements , that afford the citizen the opportunity to escape, if only momentarily, his urban environment and partake of air and light like his cousins in the provinces. The following article (and its accompanying list) concern the public spaces known as squares and places in Paris .
A panoramic view of the Place Vendôme , Paris
Terminology
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The terminology of open spaces in Paris (square vs. place ) may present some confusion to English speakers.
In the French language , the term square (a loan-word from English) refers to a small urban green space that is not large enough to be called a parc (the grassy variety) or a bois (the wooded variety), and is not sufficiently formal in its plantings to be called a jardin . (For a list of these spaces, see List of parks and gardens in Paris .) In English this may be called a "pocket park ," a "green" as in "the village green ", or even a "square", as in the squares of Savannah, Georgia .
Conversely, the term place in French refers to a city square which usually does not include green space and may be paved. In the English-speaking world, this is usually termed a "square" such as Times Square in New York or Trafalgar Square in London.
In summary, the French have squares that might be, but are usually not, called "squares" in English, and they have places that are almost always called "squares" in English.
Squares and places
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The Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul within the square of the same name facing the Place Franz Liszt
The Place Franz Liszt seen from the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul within the square of the same name
To make things a bit more complicated, in Paris, a "square" (small green space) may abut a place (large public square), or a "square" may, in fact, be contained within a place . The "square" and the associated place typically have different names. Some examples are:
Rarely, the "square" and its associated place share a name:
Finally, there are some pairs (of squares and places ) where the name of the square is a bit artificial, but the relationship is, nonetheless, clear:
Square de la place André-Masson
Square de la place Dauphine
Square de la place de Bitche
Square de la place de la Bataille de Stalingrad
Square de la place de la Nation
Square de la place de la Réunion
Square de la place d'Italie
Square de la place du Commerce
Square de la place Étienne Pernet
Square de la place Pasdeloup
Characteristics of Parisian squares
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Model sailboats on the Grand Bassin of the Jardin du Luxembourg , similar to those found in the Tuileries Garden
In all Parisian squares, gardens, and parks, you will find areas reserved for children, with playgrounds, sandboxes, see-saws, swings, merry-go-rounds, and the like. Some spaces offer a wider range of activities; some random examples are: toy boats to sail, as well as sulky and go-cart rentals in the Jardin du Luxembourg ; ping-pong tables in the Square Emile-Chautemps and the Jardin de l'Observatoire; pony or carriage rides at the Parc Monceau ; tennis courts, boules, and croquet at the Jardin du Luxembourg ; Guignol marionette puppet shows at the Jardin du Ranelagh; roller skating at the Parc Montsouris ; a bee-keeping school at the Jardin du Luxembourg ; bandstands featuring spring and summer concerts at the Square du Temple and the Parc des Buttes-Chaumont , etc.
These open spaces also beckon visitors just to wander and daydream, and many offer lush green lawns for sitting, taking a rest, or perhaps a picnic. One is advised, nonetheless, to watch for signs posted on lawns that are accessible to the public: pelouses autorisées (lawns authorized for use) and "pelouses au repos" (lawns for resting).
List of squares and places in Paris
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Place Charles de Gaulle , Paris
As of 1 May 2008, the city of Paris acknowledged the following public squares (in the broader 'English' sense of the word). A citizen of Paris will notice, of course, that the following alphabetized list includes both "squares" (smaller green spaces) and places (larger urban landmarks), which have been segregated from one another within this single list.
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Place de l'Abbé-Basset
Place de l'Abbé-Franz-Stock
Place de l'Abbé-Georges-Hénocque
Place de l'Abbé-Jean-Lebeuf
Place des Abbesses
Place d'Acadie
Place de l'Adjudant-Vincenot
Place Adolphe-Chérioux
Place Adolphe-Max
Place Adrien-Oudin
Place Aimé-Maillart
Place Albert-Cohen
Place Albert-Kahn
Place Albert-Londres
Place Alfred-Dreyfus
Place Alfred-Kastler
Place Alfred-Sauvy
Place d'Aligre
Place d'Alleray
Place de l'Alma
Place des Alpes
Place Alphonse-Allais
Place Alphonse-Deville
Place Alphonse-Humbert
Place Alphonse-Laveran
Place Amédée-Gordini
Place de l'Amiral-de-Grasse
Place de l'Amphithéâtre
Place André-Honnorat
Place André-Malraux
Place André-Masson
Place André-Tardieu
Place des Antilles
Place d'Anvers
Place de l'Argonne
Place Armand-Carrel
Place Arnault-Tzanck
Place de l'Assommoir
Place Auguste-Baron
Place Auguste-Métivier
Square de l'Abbé-Georges-Hénocque
Square de l'Abbé-Esquerre
Square de l'Abbé-Migne
Square Adanson
Square Adolphe-Chérioux
Square d'Ajaccio
Square Alban-Satragne
Square Albert-Besnard
Square Alberto-Giacometti
Square Albert-Schweitzer
Square Albert-Tournaire
Square Alésia-Ridder
Square Alexandre 1er de Yougoslavie
Square Alexandre-et-René-Parodi
Square Alexandre-Luquet
Square Alex-Biscarre
Square Alexis-Clerel de Tocqueville
Square Alfred-Capus
Square d'Algérie
Square d'Alleray - La Quintinie
Square d'Alleray Labrouste-Saint-Amand
Square Amadou-Hampate Ba
Square des Amandiers
Square de l'Amérique latine
Square Amiraux-Boinod
Square André-Lefèbvre
Square André-Ulmann
Square Anna-de Noailles
Square Antoine-Blondin
Square d'Anvers
Square des arènes de Lutèce - René-Capitan
Square Aristide-Cavaillé-Col
Square de l'Aspirant-Dunand
Square Auguste-Mariette-Pacha
Square Auguste-Renoir
Square aux Artistes
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Place de la Bastille , Paris
Square Barye
Square du Bataclan
Square des Batignolles
Square Bayen
Square Béla-Bartók
Square Belleville - Télégraphe
Square de Berlin
Square Blomet
Square Boucicaut
Square Boulay-Level
Square Boutroux
Square Bréguet-Sabin
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Place de la Concorde , Paris
Place du Caire
Place du Calvaire
Place Cambronne
Place Camille-Claudel
Place Camille-Jullian
Place du Canada
Place du Cardinal-Amette
Place du Cardinal-Lavigerie
Place Carrée
Place du Carrousel
Place Casadesus
Place de Catalogne
Place du Chancelier-Adenauer
Place de la Chapelle
Place Charles-Bernard
Place Charles de Gaulle
Place Charles-Dullin
Place Charles-Fillion
Place Charles-Garnier
Place Charles-Michels
Place Charles-Vallin
Place Chassaigne-Goyon
Place du Château-Rouge
Place du Châtelet
Square Caffiéri
Square Cambronne
Square du Caporal Peugeot
Square du Cardinal Petit de Julleville
Square du Cardinal Verdier
Square du Cardinal-Wyszinski
Square Carlo-Sarrabezolles
Square Carpeaux
Square Castagnary
Square des Chamaillards
Square du Chanoine-Viollet
Square Charles-Hermitte
Square Charles-Péguy
Square Charles-Victor-Langlois
Square Claude-Bernard
Square Claude-Debussy
Square Claude-Nicolas-Ledoux
Square du Clos Feuquières
Square Colbert
Square Constantin-Pecqueur
Square Couperin
Square Courteline
Square Curial
Square Cyprian-Norwid
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Place Dauphine , Paris
Place du Docteur-Félix-Lobligeois
Place du Docteur-Hayem
Place du Docteur-Navarre
Place du Docteur-Paul-Michaux
Place du Docteur-Yersin
Place de Dublin
Place Dulcie-September
Place Dupleix
Square Dampierre-Rouvet
Square Denis-Poulot
Square des Deux-Nèthes
Square du docteur Antoine-Béclère
Square du docteur Calmette
Square du Docteur Grancher
Square du Docteur Navarre
Square du docteur Variot
Square des docteurs Dejérine
Square Dupleix
Square Duranton
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Square des Épinettes , Paris
Place de l'École
Place de l'École-Militaire
Place de l'Édit-de-Nantes
Place Édith-Piaf
Place Edmond-Michelet
Place Edmond-Rostand
Place Édouard-Renard
Place Édouard-VII
Place de l'Église-d'Auteuil
Place de l'Église-de-L'Assomption
Place El-Salvador
Place Émile-Goudeau
Place Émile-Landrin
Place Émile-Mâle
Place Emmanuel-Levinas
Place Ernest-Denis
Place de l'Escadrille-Normandie-Niemen
Place d'Estienne-d'Orves
Place de l'Estrapade
Place des États-Unis
Place Étienne-Pernet
Place de l'Europe
Square des Écrivains-Combattants-Morts-pour-la-France
Square Édouard-Vaillant
Square de l'église Notre-Dame-de-la-Croix
Square Élisa-Borey
Square Émile-Borel
Square Émile-Chautemps
Square Émile-Cohl
Square Emmanuel-Fleury
Square des Épinettes
Square Ernest-Chausson
Square d'Estienne d'Orves
Square Eugène-Varlin
Square Eugénie-Cotton
Square de l'Évangile
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Place de Fontenoy , Paris
Place Falguière
Place Félix-Éboué
Place Ferdinand-Brunot
Place Fernand-Mourlot
Place des Fêtes
Place de Finlande
Place de la Fontaine-aux-Lions
Place de Fontenoy
Place Francis-Poulenc
Place François-Ier
Place Franz-Liszt
Place Fréhel
Square Félix-Desruelles
Square Félix-Faure
Square Ferdinand-Brunot
Square Florence-Blumenthal
Square de la Folie-Régnault
Square de la Fondation Rothschild
Square Francis-Lemarque
Square Francis-Poulenc
Square Frédéric-Bazille
Square Frédérick-Lemaître
Square Frédéric-Rossif
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Place du Général-Catroux, Paris
Place Gabriel-Péri
Place Gaillon
Place Gambetta
Place de la Garenne
Place du Général-Beuret
Place du Général-Brocard
Place du Général-Catroux
Place du Général-Cochet
Place du Général-Gouraud
Place du Général-Ingold
Place du Général-Koenig
Place du Général-Monclar
Place du Général-Patton
Place du Général-Stefanik
Place du Général-Tessier-de-Marguerittes
Place des Généraux-de-Trentinian
Place Georges-Berry
Place Georges-Guillaumin
Place Georges-Mulot
Place Georges-Pompidou
Place Gilbert-Perroy
Place Goldoni
Place des Grès
Place du Guatemala
Place du Guignier
Place Gustave-Toudouze
Square Gabriel-Pierne
Square Garibaldi
Square Gaston-Baty
Square du Général-Anselin
Square George-Méliès
Square Georges-Cain
Square Gerber
Square Georges-Lamarque
Square Ginette-Neveu
Square Godefroy-Cavaignac
Square des Grès
Square Gustave-Mesureur
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Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville , Paris
Place du Havre
Place Hébert
Place Henri-Bergson
Place Henri-Frenay
Place Henri-Langlois
Place Henri-Matisse
Place Henri-Mondor
Place Henri-Queuille
Place Henri-Rollet
Place Henry-de-Montherlant
Place Henry-Dunant
Place de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
Place Hubert-Monmarché
Square Hector-Berlioz
Square Hélène-Boucher
Square Héloïse et Abélard
Square Henri et Achille-Duchène
Square Henri-Bataille
Square Henri-Cadiou
Square Henri-Christiné
Square Henri-Collet
Square Henri-Galli
Square Henri-Huchard
Square Henri-Karcher
Square Henri-Rousselle
Square Honoré-Champion
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Place d'Iéna
Place Igor-Stravinsky
Place de l'Île-de-la-Réunion
Place de l'Île-de-Sein
Place de l'Institut
Place des Insurgés-de-Varsovie
Place des Invalides
Place d'Israël
Place d'Italie
Square de l'île de France
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Place Jean-Monnet, Paris
Place Jacob-Kaplan
Place Jacques-Bainville
Place Jacques-Bonsergent
Place Jacques-Copeau
Place Jacques-Debu-Bridel
Place Jacques-Demy
Place Jacques-et-Thérèse-Tréfouel
Place Jacques-Froment
Place Jacques-Marette
Place Jacques-Rouché
Place Jacques-Rueff
Place Jan-Karski
Place Jean-Baptiste-Clément
Place Jean-Lorrain
Place Jean-Marais
Place Jean-Monnet
Place Jeanne d'arc
Place Jean-Paul II
Square Jacques-Antoine
Square Jacques-Audiberti
Square Jacques-Bidault
Square Jan-Doornik
Square Jean-XXIII
Square Jean-Aicard
Square Jean-Cocteau
Square Jean-Leclaire
Square Jean-Morin
Square Jean-Moulin
Square Jehan-Rictus
Square Jérôme-Bellat
Square de Jessaint
Square des Jonquilles
Square Jules-Ferry
Square Julia-Bartet
Square Juliette-Dodu
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Place Kossuth
Place de Kyōto
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Place du Louvre , Paris
Place Lachambeaudie
Place Le Corbusier
Place Léonard-Bernstein
Place Léon-Blum
Place Léon-Deubel
Place Léon-Paul-Fargue
Place de Lévis
Place du Lieutenant-Stéphane-Piobetta
Place Lili-Boulanger
Place Lino-Ventura
Place Louis-Armand
Place Louis-Armstrong
Place Louis-Lépine
Place Louis-Marin
Place du Louvre
Place Lucien-Herr
Square Lamartine
Square Laurent-Prache
Square Léon
Square Léon-Frapié
Square Léon-Gaumont
Square Léon-Serpollet
Square Léopold-Achille
Square Louis XIII
Square Louis XVI
Square Louise-de Marillac
Square Louise-Michel
Square Louis-Lumière
Square Louis-Majorelle
Square Louvois
Square Lucien-Fontanarosa
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Place de la Madeleine and Rue Royale, Paris
Carré Marigny
Place de la Madeleine
Place du Maquis-du-Vercors
Place Marc-Bloch
Place Marcel-Achard
Place Marcel-Aymé
Place Marcel-Cerdan
Place Marcelin-Berthelot
Place Marcel-Paul
Place du Marché-Sainte-Catherine
Place du Marché-Saint-Honoré
Place du Maréchal- de-Lattre-de-Tassigny
Place du Maréchal-Juin
Place Marguerite-de-Navarre
Place Maria-Callas
Place Marie-de-Miribel
Place Marie-Madeleine-Fourcade
Place du Maroc
Place Martin-Nadaud
Place des Martyrs-de-la-Résistance- de-la-Porte-de-Sèvres
Place des Martyrs- Juifs-du-Vélodrome-d'Hiver
Place Maubert
Place Maurice-Barrès
Place Maurice-Chevalier
Place Maurice-de-Fontenay
Place Maurice-Quentin
Place Mazas
Place de Ménilmontant
Place de Mexico
Place Michel-Audiard
Place Monge
Place Monseigneur-Loutil
Place de la Montagne-du-Goulet
Place de Moro-Giafferi
Square de la Madone
Square de la mairie du 12e
Square Marcel-Bleustein-Blanchet
Square Marcel-Mouloudji
Square Marcel-Pagnol
Square Marcel-Sembat
Square Marc-Seguin
Square Marguerite-Long
Square Marie-Curie
Square Marie-Trintignant
Square de la Marseillaise
Square Maurice-Gardette
Square Maurice-Kriegel-Valrimont
Square de Ménilmontant et des Saint-Simoniens
Square Mercœur
Square des Missions Étrangères
Square Monseigneur Maillet
Square du Mont Cenis
Square de la Montgolfière
Square Montholon
Square de la Moskowa
Square des Mûriers
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Place Napoléon-III
Place de Narvik
Place de la Nation
Place Nationale
Place Nattier
Place du Nicaragua
Square Nadar
Square Necker
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Place de l'Opéra , Paris
Square Olivier-Noyer-Leonidas
Square des Ormeaux
Square Ozanam
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Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II , Paris
Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II
Place Pablo-Picasso
Place du Palais-Bourbon
Place du Palais-Royal
Place du Panthéon
Place du Paraguay
Place Pasdeloup
Place de Passy
Place Paul-Beauregard
Place Paul-Claudel
Place Paul-Éluard
Place Paul-Léautaud
Place Paul-Painlevé
Place Paul-Reynaud
Place Paul-Signac
Place Paul-Verlaine
Place du Père-Chaillet
Place du Père-Marcellin-Champagnat
Place du Père-Teilhard-de-Chardin
Place du Pérou
Place du Petit-Pont
Place des Petits-Pères
Place Pierre-Brisson
Place Pierre-Dux
Place Pierre-Emmanuel
Place Pierre-Lafue
Place Pierre-Lampué
Place Pierre-Lazareff
Place Pierre-Mac-Orlan
Place Pierre-Vaudrey
Place Pigalle
Place Pinel
Place du Pont-Neuf
Place de Port-au-Prince
Place de la Porte-d'Auteuil
Place de la Porte-de-Bagnolet
Place de la Porte-de-Champerret
Place de la Porte-de-Châtillon
Place de la Porte-de-Montreuil
Place de la Porte-de-Pantin
Place de la Porte-de-Passy
Place de la Porte-de-Saint-Cloud
Place de la Porte-de-Vanves
Place de la Porte-de-Versailles
Place de la Porte-Maillot
Place de la Porte-Molitor
Place Possoz
Place du Président-Édouard-Herriot
Place du Président-Mithouard
Place Prosper-Goubaux
Place du Puits-de-L'Ermite
Place des Pyramides
Square Pablo-Casals
Square Paganini
Square de la Paix
Square du palais Galliera
Square du passage Moncey
Square Paul-Gilot
Square Paul-Grimault
Square Paul-Langevin
Square Paul-Painlevé
Square Paul-Paray
Square Paul-Robin
Square Pauly
Square des Périchaux
Square Petit
Square du Petit Bois
Square Pierre-de-Gaulle
Square de la place André-Masson
Square de la Place-Dauphine
Square de la place de Bitche
Square de la place de la Bataille de Stalingrad
Square de la place de la Nation
Square de la place de la Réunion
Square de la place d'Italie
Square de la place du Commerce
Square de la place Étienne Pernet
Square de la place Pasdeloup
Square des Poètes
Square du port de l'Hôtel de Ville
Square de la Porte de la Plaine
Square de la Porte de la Villette
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Square du quai de la Gironde
Square du quai de la Loire
Square du quai de la Seine
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Square Robert Schuman, Paris
Place Raoul-Dautry
Place Raoul-Follereau
Place de la Reine-Astrid
Place René-Cassin
Place de la République
Place de la République-de-L'Équateur
Place de la République-de-Panamá
Place de la République-Dominicaine
Place de la Résistance
Place de la Réunion
Place de Rhin-et-Danube
Place Richard-Baret
Place Richard-de-Coudenhove-Kalergi
Place de Rio-de-Janeiro
Place Robert-Desnos
Place Robert-Guillemard
Place Rochambeau
Place Rodin
Place de la Rotonde
Place de Roubaix
Place de Rungis
Place Rutebeuf
Square Rachmaninov
Square Raoul-Follereau
Square Raoul-Nordling
Square Raymond-Queneau
Square Raymond-Souplex
Square Rébeval
Square des Recollets
Square Réjane
Square René-Le Gall
Square René Viviani
Square Robert-Bajac
Square Robert-Blache
Square Robert-Montagne
Square Robert-Schuman
Square Roger-Stéphane
Square de la Roquette
Square de la rue Ortolan
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Place de la Sorbonne , Paris
Place Saint-André-des-Arts
Place Saint-Augustin
Place Saint-Blaise
Place Saint-Charles
Place Sainte-Geneviève
Place Sainte-Marthe
Place Sainte-Opportune
Place Saint-Estèphe
Place Saint-Fargeau
Place Saint-Ferdinand
Place Saint-Georges
Place Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Place Saint-Gervais
Place Saint-Jacques
Place Saint-Jean
Place Saint-Michel
Place Saint-Pierre
Place Saint-Sulpice
Place Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin
Place de Santiago-du-Chili
Place des Saussaies
Place de Séoul
Place Skanderbeg
Place de la Sorbonne
Place Souham
Place Stuart-Merrill
Place Suzanne-Valadon
Square Saint-Ambroise
Square Saint-Bernard
Square Sainte-Hélène
Square Saint-Éloi
Square Sainte-Odile
Square Saint-Gilles - Grand Veneur
Square Saint-Lambert
Square Saint-Laurent
Square Saint-Médard
Square de la Salamandre
Square Samuel-De-Champlain
Square Samuel-Rousseau
Square Santiago du Chili
Square Sarah-Bernhardt
Square Scipion
Square du Serment-de-Koufra
Square Séverine
Square Sorbier
Square Suzanne-Buisson
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Square Taras-Chevtchenko
Square du Tchad
Square du Temple
Square Thomas-Jefferson
Square Tolstoï
Square de la tour Saint-Jacques
Square Trousseau
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Place des Vosges , Paris
Place de Valenciennes
Place Valhubert
Place de Valois
Place de Varsovie
Place Vauban
Place Vendôme
Place de Vénétie
Place du Vénézuela
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Place Yvon-et-Claire-Morandat
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