Hexagone Balard
The Site of Balard or commonly Hexagone Balard is the headquarters of the French Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Armed Forces. Inaugurated in 2015, more than 9,300 personnel from the French Army, French Navy, French Air Force and Direction générale de l'armement have moved into this building, from previously separate headquarters for each service branch. The seven-story command and control center was built on 41 acres around a former army air base near the Balard in the 15th arrondissement.
As a military base, the command of the site is handed over to the Major General of the Defence Staff, deputy to the Chief of the Defence Staff.Headquarters
The site serves as the primary headquarters of the Armed Forces. As such, the entirety of the command structure of the military is housed here:
However, the civil administration of the Ministry and the Minister are still headquartered at the Hôtel de Brienne in the 7th arrondissement of Paris.
