Look for parking in The Paris Breathes Scheme

Driving in the centre of Paris is quite a story: between the ZCR (the Restricted Traffic Zone), the Crit'Air Stickers and Paris Breathes Scheme, it's hard to find your way around by car. 

By now, you have the ZCR (Restricted Traffic Zone) worked out. You have got your the Crit'Air sticker and you think it's settled.

But then the Paris Breathes Scheme comes along... You've heard that you can't drive to Paris on Sundays, from time to time, but not all the time? Are you a bit confused? 

Well, let's start again! As we at Parclick love you very much, we're going to give you a few explanations so that you can park in Paris in complete peace of mind!

The Paris Breathes Schemes, what is it?

Driving in Paris at weekends and on public holidays

Introduced on 7 October 2018, Paris Breathes restricts traffic in Paris on Sundays in the centre of the capital and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays in certain districts of Paris.

The aim is to improve air quality and provide a car-free space in Paris, just like the car free days in Paris. 

The first thing you need to know is that the Paris Breathing Scheme is only effective on certain days of the month, with each district applying different times and days. That's it!

So, which arrondissements take part in Paris breathes?

Read on, we'll tell you everything ;)

 

What vehicles are affected by Paris breathes?

All the vehicles are concerned by Paris respire, except for residents of the Paris respire area and disabled people who have a PMR card in particular.

Other vehicles are authorised to circulate such as taxis, transport cars, public service vehicles, etc.

 

The Areas which take part in Paris Breathes:

To remember the districts involved by Paris breathes, think that you are not going to pass through Quatre Chemins.

Firstly because Aubervilliers is not included in Paris Breathes, and secondly because this expression will remind you that it is the first four arrondissements of Paris that are concerned.

Not a silly thing to say!

The problem is that that's not all! In all, there are 20 districts of the capital in which traffic is banned for Paris Breathes.

We will give you more information about the districts which take part in Paris Breathes below.

 

Paris breathes: the centre of Paris closed to traffic on the first Sunday of the month.

Talking about the districts closed to traffic in Paris on the first Sunday of the month, we detail the streets that are closed for each district in the centre of Paris concerned by this measure.

 

Traffic restrictions in the 1st arrondissement of Paris

Paris Breathes is activated on the first Sunday of each month in these streets of the 1st arrondissement.

Rue de Rivoli, between boulevard de Sébastopol and rue de Rohan

Rue de Rohan

Avenue de l'Opéra.

 

Traffic restrictions in the 2nd Arrondissement of Paris

In the 2nd arrondissement, the following sectors are concerned:

Place de l'Opéra

Boulevard des Capucines, between place de l'Opéra and Boulevard des Italiens 

Boulevard des Italiens 

Boulevard Montmartre 

Boulevard Poissonnière 

Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle 

Boulevard Saint-Denis.

Note that in the 2nd arrondissement, Paris breathes in the Sentier district takes place every Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 7:00 pm in summer.

 

Traffic restrictions in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris

In the 3rd arrondissement, the following streets are closed to traffic:

Boulevard Saint-Martin

Place de la République 

Boulevard du Temple 

Boulevard des Filles du Calvaire 

Boulevard Beaumarchais.

Paris breathes in the 3rd arrondissement is also applied in the Marais district every Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 7:30 pm in summer.

Traffic restrictions in the 4th arrondissement of Paris

Finally, the last arrondissement of the centre concerned by Paris is the 4th arrondissement, on the following streets :

Place de la Bastille

Boulevard Henri IV 

Pont de Sully 

Quai de la Tournelle 

Quai de Montebello 

Petit Pont (Cardinal Lustiger) 

Rue de la Cité 

Notre-Dame Bridge 

Rue Saint-Martin, between Quai de Gesvres and Avenue Victoria 

Avenue Victoria, between Rue Saint-Martin and Boulevard de Sébastopol 

Boulevard de Sébastopol, between Avenue Victoria and Rue de Rivoli.

Just as in the 3rd arrondissement, Paris breathes in the 4th arrondissement is also applied in the Marais district every Sunday from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 7:30 pm in summer.

Districts of Paris closed to traffic for Paris breathes

Of course, that's not all (that would be too simple!). As Operation Paris Breathes works rather well, other neighbourhoods have chosen to set it up.

In addition to the centre of the capital, Paris Breathes is applied in the following districts:

Paris breathes in the 5th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 5th arrondissement in the Mouffetard district on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round.

Paris breathes in the 8th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 8th arrondissement on the Champs-Élysées every first Sunday of the month, with some exceptions.

But... We're talking about the Champs-Élysées, so the times and the perimeter may change according to current events or possible events planned in the district. Don't forget to take a look at the news ;)

Paris breathes in the 9th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 9th arrondissement on Avenue Trudaine every Sunday and public holidays from 2pm to 6pm, and until 7pm in the summer.

The Rue des Martyrs district also applies Paris breathes every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00 all year round.

Paris breathes in the 10th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 10th arrondissement in the Canal Saint-Martin district on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 to 18:00 throughout the year, and until 20:00 in summer.

The Faubourg Saint-Denis district is also affected by Paris breathing every Sunday and public holiday, from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 8:00 pm in the summer.

Paris breathes in the 12th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 12th arrondissement in the Bois de Vincennes district every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm in summer and from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm in winter.

The sectors concerned are as follows:

Avenue du Tremblay, between Avenue de Nogent and route du Champ-de-Manœuvre 

Avenue de la Pépinière 

Avenue de Fontenay 

Route de la Ceinture-du-Lac-Daumesnil 

Route du Parc

But that's not all for the 12th arrondissement: Paris Breathes is also applied in the Aligre district every Sunday from 10am to 2pm all year round.

Paris breathes in the 13th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 13th arrondissement in the Butte-aux-Cailles district on Sundays and public holidays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 8:00 pm in summer.

Paris breathes in the 14th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 14th arrondissement in rue Daguerre every Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round.

Paris breathes in the 15th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 15th arrondissement in the Rue du Commerce on various dates from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm:

18th May

22nd June

July 13th

14 September

19 October

30 November

Paris breathes in the 16th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 16th arrondissement every Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round.

The sectors concerned by Paris breathes are as follows :

Avenue de la Reine-Marguerite, between Porte de Boulogne and Route de la Grande-Cascade

Route de l'Hippodrome, between the route de Sèvres à Neuilly and the Avenue de Saint-Cloud.

Paris Breathes in the 17th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 17th arrondissement in rue des Moines every Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 all year round.

Paris breathes in the 18th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 18th arrondissement in the rue du Poteau every Sunday from 10:00 to 14:00 all year round.

Paris breathes also breathes in the Montmartre district every Sunday and public holidays from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round.

Paris breathes in the 19th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 19th arrondissement in the Château-Rouge district every Saturday from 11:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Paris breathes also applies in the Bassin de la Villette every Sunday and public holidays from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm all year round, and until 8:00 pm in summer.

Paris breathes in the 20th arrondissement

Traffic is restricted in the 20th arrondissement of the city.