Hexagone Balard

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Hexagone Balard (French pronunciation: [ɛɡzaɡon balaʁ, -ɡɔn -]; lit. 'Balard Hexagon') is the headquarters of the French Armed Forces and the Ministry of Armed Forces in Paris. Inaugurated in 2015, more than 9,300 personnel from the Army, Navy, Air and Space Force and Delegate General of Armaments (DGA) have moved into this 165,000 m2 (1,780,000 sq ft) white opaque glass-fronted building just northeast of Place Balard, on 41 acres (17 ha), from previously separate headquarters for each service branch. The Minister of Armed Forces remained in the historic Hôtel de Brienne close to the National Assembly, while the National Gendarmerie remained in the Fort d'Issy just outside Paris. The building's name is a nod to "the Hexagon", a nickname for mainland France. It reportedly cost around €4 billion to build.