Puteaux
Puteaux | |
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Rue Voltaire | |
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Coat of arms | |
Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs | |
Location of Puteaux | |
Puteaux Puteaux | |
| Coordinates: 48°53′06″N 2°14′20″E / 48.885°N 2.2389°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Courbevoie-2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud |
Area 1 | 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2023) | 44,002 |
| • Density | 13,800/km2 (35,700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92062 /92800 |
| Elevation | 29–78 m (95–256 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Puteaux (French pronunciation: [pyto] ⓘ) is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) from the centre of Paris.
La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, extends over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre. The inhabitants of Puteaux are called Putéoliens in French.