Puteaux

Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris.

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Puteaux is a commune in France, situated within the Hauts-de-Seine department and the arrondissement of Nanterre. It lies in the Île-de-France region and is part of the Grand Paris area. The town borders Neuilly-sur-Seine, Paris, Suresnes, and Nanterre, and is located next to the Seine river. Puteaux serves as the capital of the canton of Puteaux and is associated with the electoral district of canton of Courbevoie-2.

The commune has an area of 3.19 square kilometers and a population of 45,157. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 78 meters. Puteaux is twinned with Esch-sur-Alzette, Zemun, Gan-Yavne, and Braga. The official postal code for the area is 92800, and it operates in the Europe/Paris timezone.

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Place details

Locality: Puteaux
Region: Île-de-France
Country: France
Population: 40,646
Timezone: Europe/Paris

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Key facts

French commune.name: Puteaux
French commune.commune status: Commune
French commune.image: Rue Voltaire, Puteaux 1.jpg
French commune.map caption: Location (in red) within Paris inner suburbs
French commune.image coat of arms: Blason ville fr Puteaux (Hauts-de-Seine).svg
French commune.arrondissement: Nanterre
French commune.canton: Courbevoie-2
French commune.INSEE: 92062
French commune.postal code: 92800
French commune.mayor: Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud
French commune.term: 2020–2026
French commune.intercommunality: Grand Paris
French commune.elevation min m: 29
French commune.elevation max m: 78
French commune.area km2: 3.19
French commune.caption: Rue Voltaire
French commune.map: Puteaux_map.svg

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of France
Official name: Puteaux
Country: France
Located in: Grand Paris
Population: 44002
Area: 3.19
Elevation: 44
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Body of water: Seine
Capital of: canton of Puteaux
Shares border with: Courbevoie
Official website: www.puteaux.fr
Image: Cite-jardin Puteaux.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Puteaux
Commons category: Puteaux
twinned administrative body: Mödling
category for people born here: Category:Births in Puteaux
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Puteaux
category of associated people: Category:People from Puteaux
postal code: 92800
associated electoral district: canton of Courbevoie-2
different from: Putot
male population: 21354
female population: 23291
social media followers: 2971
P8168: Multinational Corps Northeast
native label: Puteaux
email address: mailto:[email protected]
phone number: +33-1-46-92-92-92
member of: Concours des villes et villages fleuris
P12749: Valeria Bystritskaia
has works in the collection: Bundeswehr Museum of German Defense Technology

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Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, 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.

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