City of Paris, Statue in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France

La Ville de Paris is a bronze figure placed near the Pont Mirabeau in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, standing close to the right bank of the Seine. The sculpture shows a woman with a calm posture, her body upright and facing the river, mounted on a stone pedestal that keeps her at eye level for pedestrians crossing the bridge.

The work was made by Jean Antoine Injalbert, a French sculptor born in Béziers in 1845 who trained under Augustin-Alexandre Dumont and won the Prix de Rome in 1874. It belongs to the same period as his larger group of allegorical figures placed on the Pont Mirabeau, which opened just before the end of the 19th century.

For many people walking along the Seine, this female figure reads as a quiet marker of local identity rather than a grand monument, because her human scale and simple clothing feel close to everyday life. She faces the water, and passersby often slow down to notice how her expression remains calm even while traffic moves constantly around her.

The statue sits in the open air beside a busy road, so visitors should stay on the sidewalk and watch for cyclists on the bridge path. Early morning or late afternoon offers easier light for looking at the bronze details without strong glare from the river.

Although the figure is called La Ville de Paris, it is not a portrait of a real person but a personification of the city, so her face and clothing were invented to sum up an idea rather than record an individual. Bronze from this period tends to darken unevenly, and the greenish patches on her shoulders and arms come from decades of rain and river air.