May 8 ceremony: traffic and parking restrictions in Paris

If you're planning to drive through Paris in the next few hours, be prepared. Due to the 79th anniversary ceremony of the Victory of May 8, 1945, and the presence of the President of the Republic at this commemoration, traffic is expected to be difficult on Tuesday May 7 and Wednesday May 8, 2024 in three arrondissements of the capital.

The Préfecture de Police has issued an order temporarily modifying parking and traffic in several streets in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements of Paris on May 7 and 8, 2024. The aim? To ensure the smooth running of the event and the safety of people and property ".

In detail, parking for " all types of vehicles " will be prohibited from May 7, 2024 at 2:00 pm until May 8, 2024 at 1:00 pm in the following streets and sections of the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements:

• place Charles de Gaulle ;
• rue de Tilsitt ;
• rue de Presbourg ;
• portions of the twelve avenues between place Charles de Gaulle and rue Tilsitt-Presbourg; - avenue des Champs Élysées ;
• 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 traffic circle;
• 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 ;
• avenue du Général Eisenhower ;
• avenue de Marigny ;
• avenue Gabriel, between rue de l'Élysée and avenue Matignon ;
• avenue Winston Churchill;
• avenue Dutuit.

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In addition, the Préfecture de Police is also prohibiting all types of vehicles from circulating on May 8, 2024, between 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m., " within the perimeter delimited by the following roads and sections of roads in the 8th, 16th and 17th arrondissements of Paris, which remain open to traffic ":

• boulevard Pershing ;
• place du général Koening ;
• 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 ;
• place Saint-Augustin ;
• 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 ;
• place du Canada ;
• cours Albert 1er northbound carriageway ;
• place de l'Alma ;
• avenue du Président Wilson between place de l'Alma and rue Freycinet ;
• rue Freycinet ;
• place de l'Amiral de Grasse ;
• place des États-Unis ;
• rue de Belloy ;
• rue Copernic ;
• 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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