Monaco council names two new allées at Îlot Pasteur
By Zak Jackson, MonacoViews Editorial
Monaco's communal council voted unanimously on Tuesday 22 September 2026 to give official names to two allées within the Îlot Pasteur development.
Tuesday 22 September 2026 saw the communal council meet to formalise the naming of two allées within the Îlot Pasteur urban development, with elected councillors approving the designations unanimously. The vote closes off a step in the ongoing build-out of the district, which sits close to the Princess Grace Hospital and has been one of the Principality's more significant recent urban projects.
Street naming in Monaco follows a formal process through the communal council, and each new allée or avenue typically honours a figure with a connection to the Principality's history or public life. For residents and businesses in the area, the confirmed names mean postal addresses and signage can now be finalised, tidying up what had been a provisional designation during construction.
Îlot Pasteur has been developed as part of Monaco's wider push to expand housing and public facilities within a tightly constrained footprint, and naming decisions such as this one are usually the last administrative piece before a neighbourhood is considered fully integrated into the city's street network.