The Pont au Change (French pronunciation: [pɔ̃t‿o ʃɑ̃ʒ]) is a bridge over the Seine River in Paris, France.

It owes its name to the goldsmiths and money changers who had installed their shops on an earlier version of the bridge in the 12th century.

[1] The current bridge was constructed from 1858 to 1860, during the reign of Napoleon III, and bears his imperial insignia.

It also plays a role in the novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind; the perfumier Baldini, who takes the protagonist Grenouille as his apprentice, owns a shop on the bridge.

After Grenouille leaves him, the bridge collapses and his house and shop, with him inside, falls into the river.“The Night Watchman of Pont-au-Change” is also the title of a poem written by the surrealist poet and holocaust victim Robert Desnos.