Centers of the Archives Nationales:

Centre Historique des Archives Nationales (CHAN)
11, rue des Quatre Fils 75003 Paris
01 40 27 64 19 or 64 20
Rooms:
The Centre d'Accueil et de Recherche des Archives Nationales (CARAN) is divided into three rooms, the salle des inventaires, salle des microfilms and grande salle de lecture; materials are brought here for consultation
There is also a Petit Caran (onomastique, sigillographie et topographie parisienne)
Collections:
Section ancienne (documents until 1790), section moderne (documents from 1790 to 1940), section contemporaine (documents after 1940), Minutier Central des Notaires de Paris (notarial archives from the Middle Ages to the present)
Databases:
Etat général des fonds (EGERIE)
Fonds de la Légion d'Honneur (LEONORE)
Commandes d'oeuvre d'art par l'Etat (ARCADE)
Note:
Présentation méthodique des collections pour l'Ancien régime describes the main collections organized by institutions

Centre des Archives Contemporaines
2, rue des Archives 77309 Fontainebleau
01 64 31 73 00
reservations : 01 64 31 73 00
cac.fontainebleau@culture.gouv.fr
Collections:
Contains archives from 1958, but one can also find collections from the sections ancienne, moderne, and contemporaine
Database:
Priam 3 : documentary database

Centre des Archives d'Outre-Mer
29, chemin du Moulin-Detesta 13090 Aix-en-Provence
04 42 93 38 50
Collections:
French colonial history, including the French presence in Algeria, except for certain archives of the former French protectorats of Morocco and Tunisia, held by the Foreign Ministry (Ministère des Affaires Etrangères)

Centre des Archives du Monde du Travail
78, boulevard du Général-Leclerc BP 405, 59057 Roubaix Cedex 1
03 20 65 38 00
Collections:
Archives of business firms, cooperatives, trade unions, professional organizations, etc.
Note:
An inventory is available on-line

Archives de Paris
18, boulevard Serrurier 75019 Paris
01 53 72 41 23
Collections:
Archives of Paris administrative offices (administration, police, finances, civil engineering, justice, religious organizations, fine arts)The Etat Civil Reconstitué is at the same address
Note:
Certain documents may be at the Archives Nationales

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