Puteaux 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, spreads over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre. The inhabitants of Puteaux are called Putéoliens in French.
| Country | France |
|---|---|
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Canton | Courbevoie-2 |
| Government | |
| Mayor (2020–2026) | Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud |
| Area1 | 3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01) | 44,645 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Geograph
Located on the left bank of the river Seine, Puteaux borders Courbevoie to the north, Nanterre to the west and Suresnes to the south. In the east, Puteaux is connected to Paris by the bridge of Puteaux near Neuilly and by the bridge of Neuilly. The territory of the commune of Puteaux also includes the largest part of the Île de Puteaux, on the Seine.
Districts
Within Puteaux several districts can be distinguished.
The district Bas de Puteaux, located between the railway line and the Seine, is the oldest urbanized district. Notable in particular are the old church, the Théâtre des Hauts-de-Seine, the town hall and a commercial shopping mall near the rues Jaurès, Eichenberger and Chantecoq.
The district Haut de Puteaux, located to the east of the railway line, is a more recent district, made of several residences and HLM (résidences des rosiers, Cartault, Marcellin Berthelot, Bernard Palissy).
The district La Défense is located in the north, separated by the circular boulevard. The district, developed since the end of the 1950s, is one of the principal business districts in Europe. It mainly consists of office buildings, but some notable dwellings can be found within the district as well (Tour Défense 2000, résidence Boieldieu).
The district Île de Puteaux, on which there are no dwellings besides some barges, shelters the sporting structures (tennis courts, football pitch, gymnasium, swimming pool) of Puteaux. A sporting complex, the Palais des sports, opened in July 2006.
Economy
The tax revenue of La Défense makes Puteaux one of the richest communes of France. Puteaux receives forty million euros per year coming from the companies within the district alone. Puteaux does not have a debt and its financial reserves, placed in Treasury bills, returns ten million euros in interest alone.
Puteaux has a long industrial past, in particular the car industry (De Dion-Bouton, but also Unic, Saurer and Daimler-Benz), aeronautics: (Zodiac Group), the armament industry: Atelier de Construction de Puteaux (APX), inks (Charles Lorilleux ) and perfumes (Coty).
Transport
Puteaux is served by Puteaux station on the Transilien La Défense and Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail lines.
Puteaux is also served by Esplanade de la Défense station on Paris Métro Line 1, in the business district of La Défense, as well as by La Défense station, a large interchange station on Paris Métro Line 1, on Paris RER line A, on the Transilien La Défense suburban rail line, and on the Transilien Paris – Saint-Lazare suburban rail line. Puteaux is also served by the T2 (tramway 2), in the La Défense-Issy-Val de Seine line.
Education
Puteaux is located in the academy of Versailles .
Schools
The city operates ten nursery schools, seven elementary schools and has a private establishment (nursery school and elementary school).
The department manages two colleges : “Les Bouvets” and “Maréchal-Leclerc”; The building of this last college was built in 2001, replacing the Anatole-France college formerly located in the same district in the lower part of Puteaux, and the Île-de-France region two high schools: the Agora high school and the Vollin vocational high school.
The Agora high school, located in the lower part of Puteaux, is known to have one of the low success rates for the bac de France and ranked several times last in Hauts-de-Seine. However, this rate has been steadily increasing for three years, which is encouraging for this high school with social difficulties
Health
The Puteaux hospital center has one hundred beds. It is equipped with a scanner , and offers outpatient radiology, ultrasound and Doppler consultations. The Puteaux hospital has a cutting-edge palliative care service in terms of pain treatment and end-of-life support.
Local Culture and Heritage
Engraved in “the marble”, one finds above the main entrance of the town hall the following formula: “The city of PUTEAUX, under the aegis of the republican virtues favors the development of work, sciences, letters and Arts “. It is with this in mind that she honors her artists.
Places and monuments
The town includes many monuments listed in the general inventory of the cultural heritage of France.
The Notre-Dame-de-Pitié church is classified as a historical monument by decree of April 2, 1975.
The old cemetery is located 40 rue des Bas-Rogers and the new cemetery 467 boulevard Aimé-Césaire in Nanterre , on land granted by this commune.
Cultural events and festivities
With fifty shootings in barely forty years, Puteaux is appreciated by many filmmakers