More than 500 police officers, gendarmes and firefighters were injured in the unrest on Saturday, France’s interior ministry said.
Around 1,500 shops and retailers were also damaged in the disturbances, the Retail and Trade Federation said.
On Sunday morning in Paris, residents surveyed the aftermath, which included the smashed glass frontages of designer stores including Ralph Lauren, Gucci and Versace.
Shopkeepers were out early with brooms, picking up large shards of glass as they began the clean-up. Rubbish trucks worked their way down some of the larger streets to clear some of the debris.
Many shops were daubed with graffiti, some reading “tax the rich” and “eat the rich.”
The BBC visited a clothes shop close to the Place de la République which had been ransacked, with piles of clothes and furniture scattered across the shop floor.
The shop’s distraught owner told the BBC he saw looters on the CCTV who were in the shop for just over an hour and a half, and that during that time he saw no police in the process.
The owner – who asked not to be identified – told the BBC he did not believe any of those who robbed the shop were genuine protesters against school conditions or the cost of living. He said the looters were taking advantage of the demonstrations.
Close to the Place de la République, a BBC reporter visited the Good Vibes bakery, whose glass front was completely shattered, and the Nicolas wine store, where every bottle was either stolen or smashed, leaving smell of alcohol lingering in the street.
CCTV footage shown on France’s Channel 2 shows groups of teenagers, mostly wearing masks, in a shop selling mobile phones helping themselves to items from the shelves.