The Town Hall is one of the most significant buildings of post WWII reconstruction, with its monumental tower of over 70 meters in height and long bush-hammered concrete columns. Town Hall architect, Auguste Perret, died before its inauguration in 1958. His associate, Jacques Tournant, finished the project.
Mathieu Mercier takes great joy in extending the Republican motto of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity" with twelve more words ending in the same suffix.
Carved from stone, two sculptures by Stefan Rinck take their place before the City Hall.