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Address 4101 Reservoir Road, NW Washington, DC 20007 Telephone (202) 944-6000 Fax (202) 944-6166 Map & Directions

Ambassador Pierre Vimont Minister (Deputy Chief of Mission) François Rivasseau

The Embassy of France in Washington, DC, is the largest French diplomatic mission in the world. A staff of about 400 persons, divided in 15 offices engaged in a wide variety of activities, works under the direction of the Ambassador. Click on the links on the left for the description and contact information of each of the offices.

The Embassy is at its current location since 1984. In 1975, a competition was held among French architects to design a new embassy to accomodate the evergrowing French mission in Washington. Born in 1908, André Remondet, the winner of this competition, earned diplomas from the école Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts (where he won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome), George Washingon University and the New York Structural Institute.

Construction was entrusted to the George Hyman Construction Company of Washington; work began in May 1982 and ended in December 1984. French companies were contracted to supply most of the office furniture and equipment.

The building comprises four interconnected parts: Building A includes the Chancery and the Office of the Defense Attaché; Building B includes most of the Embassy services and missions including the Press and Information Service; Building C is the Consulate General; Building D houses La Maison Française, a building intented to receive the general public. There are three levels of garage parking and the total surface area is approximately 350,000 square feet, including 131,000 square feet of office space.