Mayor of the 2017th arrondissement since XNUMX, Ariel Weil – who succeeded Christophe Girard, who left for Paris town hall – is a child of the Marais. Or rather a little child: his grandparents owned a café on rue Vieille du Temple, on the site of the current Café des Philosophes.

An economist specializing in issues related to debt and financial crises, this forty-year-old is also a writer and an entrepreneur in the field of economic consulting.

Next March, he will be the municipal majority candidate for the new constituency which will bring together the first four Parisian districts.
In the meantime, he tells us about “his” Marais, which he travels every day on the handlebars of his company bike.

Text: Katia Barillot – Instagram
Photo and video: ©Anaïs Costet – Instagram

13.10.19

D’OTHER LOVERS OF THE MARAIS

A meeting with the philosopher Charles Pépin

A meeting with the philosopher Charles Pépin

Philosopher, writer, successful author, professor at Sciences Po and at the Lycée de la Légion d'Honneur, Charles Pépin, who bears a royal first name twice, logically lives in the former district of Charles V, i.e. -say in the Marais. For having traveled up and down (“It’s by walking…

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Emily in Paris… and Bruno in the Marais!

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Victor Hugo, the writer with a thousand talents

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The best tattoo parlors in Marais

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