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| Country | France |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | (ex 75050) 92050 (ex 75050) / |
Nanterre is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département of the Île-de-France région of France. Nanterre is the préfecture (capital) of the Hauts-de-Seine département, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre. A densely-inhabited municipality near the centre of the Paris agglomeration, the commune of Nanterre is located 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 Nanterraises (feminine) and Nanterrais (masculine).
Sainte Geneviève, patron of Paris, was born in Nanterre ca 419/422.
Eastern Nanterre, with the bordering communes of Courbevoie and Puteaux, hosts the Paris-dependant 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.
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Name
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.
Administration
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.
Transport
Nanterre is served by three stations on Paris 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.
See also
- La Défense business district.
- List of tallest structures in Paris
External links
- Official website
- Université Paris 10 Nanterre (in French)
- Nanterre students (in French)
- News coverage of March 2006 University occupation (in English)
References
- Catholic Encyclopedia St. Genevieve
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