The camp had become a symbol of Europe's challenge of what to do with waves of migrants, many fleeing strife or deep poverty in Africa, arriving this year.
Dozens of police vehicles and garbage trucks surrounded the area today morning, in the shadow of the famed Sacre Coeur basilica.
Migrants slowly gathered their blankets and meager belongings, and mounted buses. They have been living near the Eurostar train tracks to Britain, below an elevated metro line, for months.