Medal of the City of Paris

The Medal of the City of Paris (French: Médaille de la Ville de Paris) is a distinction created in 1911 and awarded by the mayor of Paris on the proposal of elected members of the Paris Council or associations. There are several levels: bronze, silver, large silver and vermeil.

Medal of the City of Paris
The bronze rank of the medal, awarded to Ayik Umar Said
CountryFrance
Presented byMayor of Paris
StatusActive

It rewards people who have achieved a "remarkable act concerning the capital" but is also awarded systematically to centenary Parisians and couples celebrating their golden wedding (50 years), diamond (60 years), platinum (70 years), alabaster (75) or oak (80).[1]

List of recipients

References
  1. "Qui peut obtenir la médaille de la Ville ?". Le Parisien (in French). 2007-05-16.
  2. "Michael Jackson et ses amis" (in French). Premiere. 2009-06-26. Retrieved 2022-05-07.
  3. Bigot, Yves (2014). Brigitte Bardot. La femme la plus belle et la plus scandaleuse au monde (in French). Don Quichotte. p. 303. ISBN 978-2-3594-9014-5.
  4. "Paris strips Abbas of top medal: 'You justified the extermination of Europe's Jews'". Times of Israel. AFP. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2023-09-08.


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