APUR Paris Urban Planning Agency

The Paris Urbanism Agency (Apur), is an association regulated by the 1901 Law and was created on 3rd July 1967 by Paris City Council. Since November 2, 2022 Alexandre Labasse the architect, has been Managing Director.

Apur’s mission is to document, analyse and develop forward looking strategies which address the urban and societal evolution of Paris and Greater Paris (Métropole du Grand Paris). It is :

  • A tool at the service of urban development public policy makers and development on Parisian and metropolitan scales;
  • A pathfinder in setting up the Métropole du Grand Paris while taking into consideration its characteristics and competence as defined in the text of the Maptam Law for the modernisation of territorial public action and the assertiveness of metropolises;
  • A platform for exchanging information, sharing construction and distribution with all the key players in Paris and the Métropole du Grand Paris, technical syndicates, public establishments, municipalities and its citizens.

Its missions are decided upon each year at a general assembly where a detailed work programme is adopted which includes all the studies, observatories and data processing that Apur is responsible for carrying out and making known to its administrators and the general public.
Apur is also involved in missions beyond its social role when it responds to calls for tenders  put out by Ile-de-France or foreign municipalities.

The Agency’s 2024-2025 work program is organised around 4 main lines of action:

  • To document and analyse the transformations in Greater Paris – Grand Paris
  • To contribute to defining public development policies
  • To Instigate and develop forward looking studies
  • To produce and share a metropolitan culture

The majority of this work – except the observatories for the institutional partners – is available for everyone on APUR website and most of the datas are available in open data.

Furthermore, APUR can also carry out missions or studies ordered by local authorities or foreign authorities, if it is linked to its purpose.