Get to know the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Village
Located in the French Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, the village will host athletes and members of nearly 180 delegations during the Paralympic Games 16 Jul 2024
Paris 2024 has presented the Olympic and Paralympic Village ahead of the athletes’ arrival on 18 July for the Olympic Games. The Olympic and Paralympic Village will be the home of the athletes and delegations during the Games.
Located in the French Department of Seine-Saint-Denis, in the three municipalities of Saint-Denis, Saint-Ouen and L’Île-Saint-Denis, the village will host athletes and members of close to 180 Paralympic delegations and 200 Olympic delegations.
Athletes will be able to share their excitement with others as they compete at the Games. The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will open on 28 August, after the Olympic Games take place between 26 July and 11 August.
In one week the Olympic and Paralympic Village will open! 📭
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Around 300,000 square meters of walkways, green spaces and buildings of different sizes and colors will welcome nearly 15,000 athletes competing at the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic Games in France.
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Created by athletes for athletes
The Village offers an ideal home for athletes as they compete in the French capital. In order to design this custom-made living space, Paris 2024 invited the members of the Athletes’ Commission to join the design and development process and share their past experiences.
The Athletes’ Commission is chaired by France’s five-time Olympic biathlon champion Martin Fourcade and made up of 18 athletes from diverse Olympic and Paralympic disciplines.
At the Paris 2024 village, athletes will have the chance to enjoy services, free of charge. The Village will provide residents with everything a neighbourhood should; restaurants, entertainment, beauty salon, healthcare, family areas, cultural offers, transportation services, a post office and green spaces.
To make travel easier, over 80 per cent of Paralympic and Olympic competition venues are located within 10km of the Village. Most athletes will stay less than 30 minutes away from their competition venues.
Life in the Village
The Residential Area
Accommodation
The Olympic and Paralympic Village have 2,800 apartments to accommodate four to eight athletes each and are equipped with shared bathrooms and living areas. The accommodations have been equipped with a total of 345,000 pieces of furniture.
The athletes’ rooms will be cleaned every other day and there will also be several launderettes located on the ground floor of several residences.
Dining
The Village’s Main Dining Hall, where athletes can enjoy meals together, meets the requirements shared by the Athletes’ Commission. Located in the Cite du Cinema, the dining hall has 3,200 seats.
The dining hall offers a broad menu that meets the nutritional needs of athletes, while also respecting a wide diversity of diets. A dedicated space has also been arranged for the athletes’ families to also get together.
Another 600-seat, world food restaurant will be available in Ile Saint-Denis. Food trucks in the Village will allow people to grab some food to go.
Fitness Centre
The 3,000 m2 Fitness Centre, located in the Halle Maxwell and open 24/7, has over 350 pieces of equipment available for athletes. For their comfort and safety, several coaches will be able to assist the athletes at their request and oversee the use of equipment.
The Village has a total of eight training venues, seven of which have been installed within the studios of the Cité du Cinéma in order to reduce the athletes’ travelling times between the Village and the training venues.
Entertainment
During their free time, the Village residents will also have the opportunity to enjoy the Village Club, an 800m2 space dedicated to entertainment, relaxation and conviviality, with a vast, sunny terrace. They will find there a Disconnection Bubble, a place to relax and unwind with a barista workshop and massaging seat; a Play Zone dedicated to arcade games and table football; and a Social Zone, a space of conviviality featuring giant screens, a stage and a main bar.
Other facilities in the residential area include a Multi-Faith Centre and a Polyclinic.
The Village Plaza
The Village Plaza, which overlooks the Seine, is the only area open to visitors and media. This area provides athletes with a wide range of services.
There are supermarkets, beauty salons with hair, nail and barber services, available to all athletes. The plaza also has a family area where parents can spend time with their young children as well as a cafe to enjoy a range of food and beverages.
Athletes and visitors can send letters at the post office, visit the tourist and cultural information centre to learn more about the French capital. A giant screen has been put up in the Plaza to enable residents and visitors to watch events together and enjoy the atmosphere.
The Operational Area
The third and final main area of the Olympic and Paralympic Village is the operational zone, which gathers the main transportation solutions, including the bus terminal that will take athletes to all training and competition venues.
Learn more about the Paralympic Village by visiting the Paris 2024 website
