Nanterre
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Commune of Nanterre |
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| Paris and inner ring départements | |
| Coordinates | 48°53′29″N 2°12′16″E / 48.89139°N 2.20444°E |
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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 2009 |
| Mayor | Patrick Jarry (2004-2008) |
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| Elevation | 22–127 m (72–420 ft) (avg. 30 m/98 ft) |
| Land area1 | 12.19 km2 (4.71 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 88,316 (Jan. 1, 2006 census) |
| - Density | 7,245 /km² (18,760 /sq mi) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 92050/ 92000 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Nanterre is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 11.1 km (6.9 mi) west from the center of Paris.
Nanterre is the préfecture (capital) of the Hauts-de-Seine département, being the seat of the Arrondissement of Nanterre.
The Eastern part of Nanterre, bordering communes of Courbevoie and Puteaux, contains a small part of the La Défense business district of Paris and some of the tallest buildings in the Paris region. Because the headquarters of many major corporations are located in La Défense, the court of Nanterre is well-known in the media for the number of high-profile lawsuits and trials that took place in it. The city of Nanterre also includes the University Paris X – Nanterre, one of the largest universities in the Paris region.
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[edit] 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.
Inhabitants of Nanterre are called Nanterriennes (feminine) and Nanterriens (masculine).
[edit] History
Sainte Geneviève, patron of Paris, was born in Nanterre ca 419/422. [1]
On March 26th, 2002, Richard Durn, a disgruntled local activist, shot and killed eight town councilors and 14 others were wounded in what the French press dubbed the Nanterre massacre. On March 28th, the murderer killed himself by jumping from the 4th floor of the « Quai des orfèvres », in Paris, while he was questioned by two policemen about the reason of his killing in the Nanterre's City Hall.
[edit] Demographics
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Transport
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.
[edit] See also
- La Défense business district.
- List of tallest structures in Paris
[edit] Twin towns
[edit] References
- ^ Catholic Encyclopedia St. Genevieve
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Nanterre |
- Official website
- Université Paris 10 Nanterre (in French)
- Nanterre students (in French)
- News coverage of March 2006 University occupation (in English)
- Pictures of Nanterre (in French)
- Nanterre Cathedral gallery of pictures
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