Paris La Défense

Paris, France

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La Défense is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, 3 kilometres west of the city limits. It is located in Île-de-France region's department of Hauts-de-Seine in the communes of Courbevoie, La Garenne-Colombes, Nanterre, and Puteaux. La Défense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district, covering 560 hectares, for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel buildings, and 3,500,000 square metres of office space. Around its Grande Arche and esplanade, La Défense contains many of the Paris urban area's tallest high-rises. Westfield Les Quatre Temps, a large shopping mall in La Défense, has 220 stores, 48 restaurants and a 24-screen movie theatre. Paris La Défense Arena, the largest indoor arena in Europe, was inaugurated in 2017. Read more