Future Archives Centre At Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
The construction of a new national archives centre at Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, in the northern suburbs of Paris, was decided in 2004. It is meant to become the main centre of the Archives nationales, with a capacity of 320 km. (200 miles) of shelves, one of the largest storage capacities in the world. This archives centre will store the archives of the French central state since 1790 (pre-French Revolution archives will remain in Paris).
The Pierrefitte-sur-Seine centre will receive from its opening 60 km. (37 miles) of records from the Paris centre and 120 km. (74 miles) from the Fontainebleau centre, which will alleviate the burden on both centres, and it will henceforth receive all the new records from the central state every year for the next 30 years after its opening. Designed by the Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas, it is due to open in 2013.
The Paris centre will remain the archives centre for pre-French Revolution archives as well as for Paris notarial records, whereas the Fontainebleau centre will keep 60 km. of contemporary serial archives.
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