Square Violet, Urban park in 15th arrondissement, France.

Square Violet is a public garden in the Javel neighbourhood of Paris's 15th arrondissement, laid out in 1876 on the grounds of the former Violet mansion. A broad flat lawn bordered by pale dirt paths fills the centre, with a tall thick-trunked conifer with reddish-brown bark standing in the foreground and a line of smaller trees and rounded shrubs closing the background. A low hedge and a dark slatted bench sit beside a paved path, and a low light-coloured building with dark windows shows through the trees.

The square was created in 1876 on the site of the park of the Violet mansion, in the Javel neighbourhood of the 15th arrondissement. It is named after Léonard Violet (1791-1881), a local elected official and property developer behind the Violet subdivision that reshaped this part of the left bank. In 1942, during the Occupation, two statues were requisitioned for their metal and melted down: Sauvée (1888) by Hector Lemaire and Bataille d'enfants (1889) by Joseph Louis Enderlin.

The square honours Léonard Violet (1791-1881), a local elected official and property developer behind the Violet subdivision that reshaped this part of the left bank. Concerts are held under the music kiosk. Albert Vidalie's 1968 song Les loups sont entrés dans Paris, sung by Serge Reggiani, mentions the "maigre square de Grenelle".

The square has three entrances: the north one at 4 place Violet, and two on rue de l'Église along its longer southern edge. Métro line 8 stops at Félix Faure. Concerts take place under the music kiosk.

The square appears in the 1968 song Les loups sont entrés dans Paris, written by Albert Vidalie and sung by Serge Reggiani, which mentions the "maigre square de Grenelle", the square's former name. Two statues, Sauvée by Hector Lemaire and Bataille d'enfants by Joseph Louis Enderlin, were melted down in 1942 for their metal.