The Embassy of France in Tunis (French: Ambassade de France à Tunis) is France's diplomatic mission to Tunisia.
History
Léon Roches, French consul general in Tunis from 1855 to 1863, was granted the palatial complex of Dar El Kamila [fr] in La Marsa as his residence in 1857. Following an agreement with BeyMuhammad VI al-Habib in December 1859, he directed the construction of a large consulate building on the western approach to the Medina of Tunis, designed by engineer Philippe Caillat and inaugurated on 18 December 1861. At the time, there were few buildings outside of the old city's walls.[2] The new building replaced the older French consulate building inside the Medina, which as of 2017 was still extant albeit in disrepair.[3]
Following Tunisian independence in 1956, it was repurposed as the Chancery of the newly established embassy. The square in front of the building, formerly known as the Place de la Résidence, was promptly renamed Place de l'Indépendance ("Independence Square").