Hotel de Ville - Definition and Overview

In French, a hôtel de ville or mairie is a town hall (and not a hotel).

The Hôtel de Ville of Paris is located in the IVe arrondissement.

The building was the short-lived seat of the Paris Commune of 1871. The French Third Republic was declared in that building.

The nearby Bazar de l'Hôtel de Ville (BHV) is a department store named after the Hôtel de Ville.

See also

• Place de Grève

External link

• Paris city hall website (http://www.paris.fr/)

There is also a Hotel de Ville located in Groningen, the Netherlands and an Acacias Hotel de Ville located in central Paris. These two buildings are actual hotels (i.e. large buildings of rented residence). See also: Netherlands Hotel de Ville (http://www.deville.nl), Acacias Hotel de Ville (http://www.acacias-hotel.com).