Batignolles

Batignolles (French pronunciation: [batiɲɔl]) is a neighbourhood of Paris, part of its 17th arrondissement.

Batignolles was an independent village outside Paris until 1860, when the emperor, Napoleon III, annexed it to the capital.

It was intended that, after the Olympics (by 2015), the neighborhood would include 3,400 apartments, 30,000 square metres of shops, 140,000 square metres of office buildings and new public facilities (including a school and nursery).

Moreover, major public buildings including the Palais de Justice court complex and the Police judiciaire building (previously located in the Île de la Cité), were expected to move to the new Cité judiciaire de Paris building, north of the garden.

The Szkoła Narodowa Polska w Paryżu (Polish school in Paris) is in the Batignolles area.