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Nanterre
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Commune of Nanterre Nanterre's modern city hall |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine (préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | none as of 2005 |
| Mayor | Patrick Jarry (2004-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 22 m–127 m (avg. 30 m) |
| Land area¹ | 12.19 km² |
| Population² (Jan. 1, 2005 estimate) (March 8, 1999 census) |
86,700 84,281 |
| - Density (2005) | 7,112/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 92050 (ex 75050)/ 92000 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is the préfecture (capital) of its Hauts-de-Seine département, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre. It is located in the Île-de-France région around 11.1 km. (6.9 miles) from Paris' "Kilometre Zero" centre, and around 3 km (1.9 miles) from the city of Paris itself. Inhabitants of Nanterre are called Nanterriennes (feminine) and Nanterriens (masculine).
Eastern Nanterre, with the bordering communes of Courbevoie and Puteaux, hosts the Paris-dependent La Défense business district and some of the tallest buildings in the Paris region. The city of Nanterre also includes the University Paris X – Nanterre, one of the largest universities in the Paris region.
Because the headquarters of many major corporations are located in La Défense, the court of large claims of Nanterre is well-known in the media for the number of high-profile lawsuits and trials that take place in it.
Sainte Geneviève, patron of Paris, was born in Nanterre ca 419/422. [1]
[Nanterre Cathedral:[1]]
In 2002, a disgruntled local activist shot and killed eight town councillors in what the French press dubbed the Nanterre massacre.
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The name Nanterre has a long history going back to before the Roman conquest of Gaul. The Romans recorded the name as Nemetodorum. This name is made of the Celtic word nemeto meaning "shrine", "sacred place", and of the Celtic word duros (cognate of English door and German Tür) meaning "door, gate", "fortress". The sacred place referred to in the name is supposed to be the famous shrine that existed in Antiquity on top of Mont-Valérien hill.
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Nanterre is divided into three cantons:
- The Canton of Nanterre-Nord has a population of 33,173.
- The Canton of Nanterre-Sud-Est has a population of 22,350.
- The Canton of Nanterre-Sud-Ouest has a population of 28,758.
Nanterre is served by three stations on RER line A: Nanterre – Préfecture, Nanterre – Université, and Nanterre – Ville.
Nanterre - Préfecture station is also an interchange station on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line.
- La Défense business district.
- List of tallest structures in Paris
- Official website
- Université Paris 10 Nanterre (in French)
- Nanterre students (in French)
- News coverage of March 2006 University occupation (in English)
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia St. Genevieve
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Overseas departments
Cayenne (French Guiana) • Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) • Fort-de-France (Martinique) • Saint-Denis (Réunion)
