La Défense
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+ | '''La Défense''' is a major [[business district]] for the [[Communes of France|city]] of [[Paris]] (French:"Ville de Paris"), bordering [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], west of the city itself. It is centered in an ovular freeway loop straddling the [[Hauts-de-Seine]] ''[[département in France|département]]'' [[commune in France|municipalities]] of [[Nanterre]], [[Courbevoie]] and [[Puteaux]]. The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10-km long [[Axe historique|Historical Axis]], which starts at the [[Louvre]] in Downtown Paris and crosses the [[Champs-Élysées]] and the [[Arc de Triomphe]]. | ||
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+ | Around its 100 m-high [[Grande Arche]] and esplanade ("le Parvis"), this district holds many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises: with its 77.5 acres, its 72 glass-and-steel slick buildings including 14 high-rises above 150 m, its 150 000 daily workers and 3.5 million square meters of office space. La Défense is Europe's largest district specifically built for business. | ||
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La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris (French:"Ville de Paris"), bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city itself. It is centered in an ovular freeway loop straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux. The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris' 10-km long Historical Axis, which starts at the Louvre in Downtown Paris and crosses the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe.
Around its 100 m-high Grande Arche and esplanade ("le Parvis"), this district holds many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises: with its 77.5 acres, its 72 glass-and-steel slick buildings including 14 high-rises above 150 m, its 150 000 daily workers and 3.5 million square meters of office space. La Défense is Europe's largest district specifically built for business.