Geoffroy Boulard

Geoffroy Boulard
Mayor of the 17th arrondissement of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office
11 July 2017
Preceded byBrigitte Kuster
Councillor of Paris
Incumbent
Assumed office
30 March 2014
MayorAnne Hidalgo
Personal details
Born (1978-12-03) 3 December 1978 (age 47)
Rouen, France
PartyThe Republicans

Geoffroy Boulard (born 3 December 1978) is a French politician. A member of The Republicans, he has served as a councillor of Paris since 2014, and mayor of the 17th arrondissement of Paris since 2017. Since 2020, he has been the vice-president in charge of communication, innovation and digital technology for Grand Paris.

Political Career

Deputy Mayor and then First Deputy Mayor of the 17th Arrondissement of Paris

Elected on the right-wing and center-right coalition list in the 17th arrondissement, led by Françoise de Panafieu, during the 2008 Paris municipal elections, he became Deputy Mayor to Brigitte Kuster, responsible for commerce, crafts, and economic development, until October 2011.

Rat Control

In 2018, Boulard launched a mobbile website signalerunrat.paris, a crowdsourced map of rats in the 17th arrondisement of Paris. The goal was to collect and report all rodent sightings to the Paris City Hall. Within 24 hours, the site received over 700 reports and more than 6,500 unique visitors. The website was reported internationally. In September 2018, he travelled to New York for two days to learn about rat control methods.


References

  1. ↑ "Geoffroy Boulard élu maire du 17e arrondissment de Paris". Le Figaro (in French). Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  2. ↑ Baverel, Philipe (13 July 2017). "Paris: Geoffroy Boulard (LR) « un taiseux » à la tête de la mairie du XVIIe". Le Parisien. Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  3. ↑ C. B (11 June 2018). "Opération « signaler un rat »: à Paris, le maire du 17e lance une chasse aux rongeurs sur internet". BFM TV (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  4. ↑ Marie-Anne Gairaud (2018-06-10). "Rats à Paris: Geoffroy Boulard, le maire LR du XVIIe, lance le site «signalerunrat.paris»". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved 31 May 2026.
  5. ↑ Floréal Hernandez. "Rats à Paris: « La ville de Paris ne se creuse pas assez la tête sur la dératisation », estime le maire du XVIIe". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  6. ↑ Zachary Young (2018-10-01). "Latest entrant in Paris mayoral race: Rats!". Politico Europe. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  7. ↑ Willsher, Kim (2018-06-11). "Parisian mayor launches 'rat map' to tackle rodent menace". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  8. ↑ "Paris: Geoffroy Boulard, l'élu qui a déclaré la guerre aux rats". Le Point (in French). 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-11-14.