Square Marcel-Pagnol, Urban park in 8th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Square Marcel-Pagnol is a green space on a slight slope in the 8th arrondissement, laid out with a broad path of pale compacted sand and gravel that forks around a low stone-and-metal bench and a wire mesh litter bin. Green metal fencing borders the path, with tiered beds of shrubs and small trees rising on one side. Plane trees, chestnut trees, maples and sycamores were planted after the 1969 redevelopment.

Square Marcel-Pagnol was laid out by Adolphe Alphand (1817-1891) on the site of an old roadway, first bearing the name Square Laborde after the nearby rue de Laborde. It was renamed in honour of the writer Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974). In 1969 it was redesigned above the slab of an underground car park, which reduced the depth of soil available for planting.

The square was long called square Laborde, after the nearby rue de Laborde, before being renamed for the writer Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974). It also holds a statue of Paul Déroulède (1846-1914) by the sculptor Paul Landowski, whose open hand replaced the closed fist of the 1927 original.

Enter from place Henri-Bergson or from 12, rue de Laborde; the Saint-Augustin stop on metro line 9 is the nearest. The garden is laid out on a slope, with a broad sand-and-gravel path forking around a stone-and-metal bench and a litter bin. Green metal railings and mesh panels edge the path, with tiered shrub beds and benches on the left.

The Déroulède statue by Paul Landowski was first erected in stone in 1927, damaged in 1934 by two conscientious objectors, and replaced the same year by a bronze with an open hand instead of the original closed fist. Melted down during the German Occupation, it was recast in bronze in 1949.