May 8 ceremony: traffic and parking restrictions in Paris

If you are planning to cross Paris by car in the next few hours, then plan ahead. Due to the ceremony of the 79th anniversary of the Victory of May 8, 1945 and the presence of the President of the Republic at this commemoration, traffic promises to be difficult these Tuesday 7 And Wednesday May 8, 2024 in three districts of the capital.

The Police Prefecture has therefore issued an order provisionally modifying the parking and traffic in several lanes located in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements of Paris on May 7 and 8, 2024. Objective? “ Guarantee the smooth running of this event as well as the safety of property and people “.

In detail, the parking “ of any type of vehicle ” East forbidden from May 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. until May 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. in the lanes and portions of the 8th, 16th and 17th, namely:

• Place Charles de Gaulle ;
• rue de Tilsitt;
• rue de Pressbourg;
• portions of the twelve avenues between Place Charles de Gaulle and Rues Tilsitt-Presbourg; – Champs-Elysees avenue ;
• rue Arsène Houssaye, between avenue de Friedland and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Washington, between rue Chateaubriand and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue de Berri, between rue de Ponthieu and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue de la Boétie, between rue de Ponthieu and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue du Colisée between rue de Ponthieu and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• avenue Franklin Delano Roosevelt, between rue de Ponthieu and avenue du Général Eisenhower;
• rue Jean Mermoz, between rue de Ponthieu and the Champs-Elysées Marcel Dassault roundabout;
• avenue Matignon, between rue de Ponthieu and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Galilée, between rue Vernet and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue de Bassano, between rue Vernet and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• avenue Georges V, between rue Vernet and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Quentin-Bauchart between rue Vernet and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Lincoln, between rue François 1er and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Pierre Charron, between rue François 1er and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue Marbeuf, between rue François 1er and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• rue de Marignan, between rue François 1er and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• avenue Montaigne between rue Bayard and avenue des Champs-Élysées;
• Rond Point des Champs-Elysées-Marcel Dassault;
• Place Clemenceau;
• General Eisenhower Avenue;
• avenue de Marigny;
• avenue Gabriel, between rue de l’Élysée and avenue Matignon;
• Winston Churchill Avenue;
• Avenue Dutuit.

Furthermore, the Police Prefecture also prohibits the traffic of any type of vehicle on May 8, 2024 between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., “ within the perimeter delimited by the following lanes and portions of lanes in Paris 8th, 16th and 17th, which remain open to traffic »:

• Pershing Boulevard;
• General Koening Square;
• avenue des Ternes
• rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, between avenue des Ternes and boulevard Haussmann;
• boulevard Haussmann, between rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and place Saint-Augustin;
• Saint-Augustin Square;
• boulevard Malesherbes, between place Saint-Augustin and rue Boissy d’Anglas;
• rue Boissy d’Anglas, between boulevard Malesherbes and rue du Faubourg Saint-honoré;
• rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, between rue Boissy d’Anglas and rue Royale;
• rue Royale, between rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and place de la Concorde;
• place de la Concorde, north bar, between rue du Boissy d’Anglas and rue Royale;
• place de la Concorde, west bar;
• Cours la Reine Chaussée Nord, between Place de la Concorde and Avenue Winston Churchill;
• Cours la Reine Chaussée Sud, between Avenue Winston Churchill and Place du Canada;
• Canada Square;
• cours Albert 1st road north;
• Alma Square;
• avenue du Président Wilson between place de l’Alma and rue Freycinet;
• rue Freycinet;
• Place de l’Admiral de Grasse;
• United States Square;
• rue de Belloy;
• Copernicus Street;
• Place Victor Hugo;
• avenue Raymond Poincaré, between place Victor Hugo and avenue Foch;
• avenue de Malakoff;
• Place de la Porte Maillot.

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