Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Place de la Comédie closed, parking lots closed, tram impacted… the passing of the Olympic flame in Montpellier live

The Place de la Comédie is getting ready…. Midi Libre – C. Soun

Montpellier will declare its love for the Olympics this Monday, May 13. After Millau and Sète, torchbearers will carry the sporting symbol through the streets of Montpellier before igniting the cauldron at the end of the day. Follow the wanderings of the flame live.

The essential

This Monday, May 13, the Olympic flame passes through Montpellier, after Millau and Sète in the morning. Three routes are planned. The cauldron will be lit around 7:30 p.m. Numerous activities will punctuate the day. 11:18 a.m.

Tram lines seriously impacted

For line 3: – from approximately 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: line 3 will end at Mosson. Juvignac station will not be served. – from approximately 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.: line 3 will end at Saint-Denis. Juvignac, Mosson, Celleneuve, Pilory, Hôtel du Département, Pergola, Tonnelles, Jules Guesde, Astruc, Les Arceaux and Plan Cabanes stations will not be served. – from approximately 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.: line 3 will end at Place Carnot. The Juvignac, Mosson, Celleneuve, Pilory, Hôtel du Département, Pergola, Tonnelles, Jules Guesde, Astruc, Les Arceaux, Plan Cabanes, Saint-Denis, Observatoire and Gare Saint Roch stations will not be served. For line 4: – from approximately 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.: line 4 will be diverted in both directions by Léon Blum. The Observatoire, Saint Guilhem, Peyrou, Albert 1er, Louis Blanc, Corum, Les Aubes and Pompignane stations will not be served. The Gare République station will be served at the temporary Gare Ferry station. – Approximately 6 p.m.-7 p.m.: line 4 will be suspended and no station will be served. Lines 1 and 2 will operate normally, although slight delays are expected on line 1 as the procession passes. Be careful, buses are also impacted.

10h56.

Closed parking lots

Closure of access on Monday May 13 from 12 p.m. for the Foch and Arc de Triomphe car parks – Impact on the Foch car park: closure of access from 12 p.m. Exits possible via rue de l’Université except between 4:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m., when the convoy passes. – Impact on the Arc de Triomphe car park: closure of access and exits from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. Vehicle exits prohibited during this period. – The P+Tram Mosson will be inaccessible from approximately 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. – The St-Roch car park will not be accessible via the Sète bridge from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Access via Rue Eberhart will remain possible. – The Comédie car park will be inaccessible via Bd. Victor Hugo from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Access by Sarrail will remain possible. – Access to the Town Hall car park will only be possible from the top of Avenue Germaine Tillion.

10h50.

La place de la Comédie prepares for the arrival of the flame

Hours before the passage of the flame, Place de la Comédie is almost closed . The McDonald's, Bar du Théâtre and Yam's are closed.

10:30 a.m.

Vehicle parking prohibited

Vehicle parking will be prohibited on the entire torch relay route until Monday, May 13 at 8 p.m. – the Père Louis car park will be closed until Tuesday, May 14 at 12 p.m. – Poseidon Street will be closed at this Monday, May 13 at 9 p.m. – the Pirée quay will be closed (from the Aphrodite footbridge to rue du Moulin de Semalen) until Tuesday, May 14 at 12 p.m. – the bicycle parking spaces located at Espace Philippe IV de Valois and rue des Étuves will be closed this Monday, May 13 from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. – parking will be prohibited on the Jacques Cartier counter-alley in the portion between rue Poseidon and rue de l'Acropole in front of the Angelotti Olympic swimming pool until Monday, May 13 midnight – parking will be prohibited on Rue de l'Acropole along its entire length until Monday May 13 at midnight – parking will be prohibited on the side alley of Boulevard de l'Aéroport International to the right of the parking spaces located between the rue de l'Acropole and rue Léon Blum until Monday May 13 midnight – parking will be prohibited in the parking lot of the Maison de la Poésie Jean Joubert until Monday May 13 midnight

10:29 a.m.

Who will carry the Olympic flame ?

Here is the list of pallbearers: Victoire Sauzey, Emmanuelle Fisher, Pierre Lainnée, Clémentine Luquet, Manuel Rinaldi, Nicole Viviand, Lucie Miramond, Pascal Cances, Brice Maurel, Luan Mazet-Vignaud, Safi N'diaye, José Rodriguez, Frédéric Jardin, Alex Pally, Ki Chan Kang, Jaesung Park, Nathalie Dorcival, Emmanuelle Szerer, Anne-Marie Assenat, Frédéric Rodriguez, Jean-François Hugues, Frédéric Matan, Nathalie Pernot, Julien Guiraud, Jean-Pierre Rambeau, Anthony Vincent, Lyleit Feliu, Chloé Montalieu, Enzon Bernex, Yohann Chan Taï Tat, Mattéo Clary, Gabriel Pontes, Marine Jallet, Anne Flaissier Sabouraud, Virginie Albertini, Megan Chadenier, Agnès Guichon, Nathalie Ample, Elsa Podgorny, Nairan Zoroyan, Géraldine Faivre, Elsa Bermudez, Christina Audier, Hélène Rozain, Charlotte Alcaraz, Glwadys Antoine, Florette Degez, Laura Favier, Manon-Claire Gillet, Kathleen Jar, Jeanne Rossarie, Célia Roux, Baptiste Jouan, David Serrano, Grégoire Bernard Hervé, JeanMichel Setbon, Patrice Boudet, Jérôme Tirat, Patrick Claris, Mickaël Bloyet , Gérald Pasek, Loïc Bathlélémy, Jean Anglade, Clément Adam, Thomas Alcaraz, David Bossian, Frédéric Grobs, Wyatt Jean, Thibault Lopez, Lucas Massol, Victor Moisseron, Julien Mullor, Thibaut Vaton, Ruigi Liu, Mathieu Quintana, David Maillard, Edwige Bakkaus, Bénédicte Bousquet, Elodie Mauchauffée, Fabienne Fortes, Lilian Delmas, Nicolas Lefortier, Eliott Prodhomme, Anthony Desjardins, Georges Grimaud, Nicolas Jean, Sylvie Foudrinier, Dominique Mercadier, Sandrine Dufieu, Kate D'Oriola, Arnaud Richard, Daouda Karaboué, Kevin Mayer, Artus, Hervé Mathoux, Ycare.

10:23 a.m.

Three routes to see the flame from 3:30 p.m. to 7:20 p.m.

The flame will take three routes in Montpellier: the first will leave at 3:30 p.m. from Place du Soleil in Juvignac, the second at 4:50 p.m. from the Arc de Triomphe and the third at 5:20 p.m. from the Château de la Piscine.