Paris Square Jacques-Bidault in France



This is a small square with a children's playground and some park benches on a hill facing a church and was named after a General Secretary in Paris who died in a concentration camp.

About the Paris Square Jacques-Bidault



Now the Paris Square Jacques-Bidault in France is a small Paris square and one of only two green spaces in the 2nd Arrondissement, which is located on a hill that faces a church called the Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle.
Square Jacques-Bidault Paris
It was first laid out as a garden in 1966, and was inaugurated with the name Jacques-Bidault, who was a war veteran from the World War I and was the General Secretary of the Town Hall of the 2nd Arrondissement during World War II.

Jacques Bidault was also part of the French resistance and he used to provide identity cards, food etc to escaped prisoners, yet unfortunately he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1943 and deported to a concentration camp where he died on 4th December 1944, but he is still remembered to this day.

And although this is a small Paris garden, there is a little children's playground and some park benches that you can sit on and relax while admiring the different plants and trees such as a white poplar, flowering cherry trees, forsythia, laurel, etc.

Visiting the Paris Square Jacques-Bidault in France



Now as we have mentioned before, the Paris Square Jacques-Bidault in France is located in the 2nd Arrondissement, and you will find the square open from 8am on a weekday and 9am at weekends.  And it closes between 5pm during the winter months and around 8pm in summer.

And when it comes to getting to the Paris Square Jacques-Bidault in France via Paris public transport, the nearest Paris Metro station is the Bonne Nouvelle stop via lines 8 and 9, plus the Paris bus numbers 20, 39 and 48 will also get you close by.