Puteaux
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 Parisand inner ring départements | |
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  Puteaux  Puteaux | |
| Coordinates:48°53′06″N2°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[1] |
| Area 1 | 3.19 km2(1.23 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 43,672 |
| • Density | 14,000/km2(35,000/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) |
| 1French 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 acommunein the western suburbs ofParis,France. It is located in the heart of theHauts-de-Seinedepartment,8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) from thecentre of Paris.
La Défense,Paris'sbusiness districthosting thetallest buildings in the metropolitan area,spreads over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communesCourbevoieandNanterre.The inhabitants of Puteaux are calledPutéoliensin French.
History
[edit]In 1148 Abbot Suger, the chief minister of kingsLouis VIandLouis VII,established a landed estate namedPutiauz,which went on to become a village of the same name. Suger also founded other settlements in the area, such asCarrières-sur-Seine,Vaucresson,andVilleneuve-la-Garenne,with the aim of attracting people into the region. This was reinforced by certain privileges which Suger granted to the inhabitants.
The namePutiauzis likely to have come from the old FrenchPutel,meaning a "quagmire" or "swamp", making reference to the condition of the area before it was drained for agriculture. But in another explanation, the name of Puteaux comes from the Latin wordputeoli,the plural ofputeolus,meaning "little wells" or "water holes". The spelling "Puteaux" is believed to have been first used in the sixteenth or seventeenth century.
Legend has it that Puteaux inspired the story of the gadfly byJean de La Fontaine.
Geography
[edit]Located on the left bank of the riverSeine,Puteaux bordersCourbevoieto the north,Nanterreto the west andSuresnesto the south. In the east, Puteaux is connected to Paris by the bridge of Puteaux nearNeuillyand by the bridge of Neuilly (which is also used byParis Métro Line 1). The territory of the commune of Puteaux also includes the largest part of the Île de Puteaux, on the Seine.
Districts
[edit]Within Puteaux several districts can be distinguished.
The districtBas 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 commercialshopping mallnear the rues Jaurès, Eichenberger and Chantecoq. The town hall was built in 1934 and is a typical example of the architecture of this time. The boulevardRichard Wallaceis theChamps-Élyséesof Puteaux.
The districtHaut de Puteaux,located to the west of the railway line, is a more recent district, made of several residences andHLM(résidences des rosiers, Cartault,Marcellin Berthelot,Bernard Palissy) The Lorilleux residence, for example, was built on the site of the old ink manufacturing companies.
The districtLa Défenseis located in the north, separated by the circular boulevard. The district, developed since the end of the 1950s, is one of the principalbusiness districtsinEurope.It mainly consists ofoffice buildings,but some notable dwellings can be found within the district as well (Tour Défense 2000,résidence Boieldieu). Two thirds of the territory of La Défense is located within Puteaux, the remainder being divided between Courbevoie and Nanterre. Thus, theCNIT,theArche de la Défenseand the Quatre Temps shopping mall are in Puteaux.
The districtÎle de Puteaux,on which there are no dwellings besides some barges, shelters the sporting structures (tennis courts,footballpitch,gymnasium, swimming pool) of Puteaux. A sporting complex, thePalais des sports,opened in July 2006.
Population
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Government and infrastructure
[edit]TheGrande ArcheandTour Sequoia,both inLa Défenseand in Puteaux, have the administrative offices of theMinistry of Ecological Transition.[5]The Grande Arche also has the head offices of theFrench Marine Accident Investigation Office(BEAmer) and of theFrench Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau(BEA-TT).[6][7]
Tour Pascal Bin La Défense and in Puteaux at one time had the head offices of BEAmer,[8]BEA-TT,[9]and part of the head office of the Ministry of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea (a predecessor of the Ministry of Ecological Transition), while other parts of the ministry were atTour Pascal Aand the Grande Arche.[10]Tour Voltaire,also in Puteaux and La Défense, once had the head office of BEA-TT,[11]and BEAmer.[12]
Economy
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Thetax revenueof 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. The budget of Puteaux can thus exceed 200 million euros (reference 2005), for only 42,000 inhabitants.
Puteaux has a long industrial past, in particular the car industry (De Dion-Bouton,but alsoUnic,SaurerandDaimler-Benz), aeronautics (Zodiac Group,Morane-Saulnier), the armament industryAtelier de Construction de Puteaux(APX), inks (Charles Lorilleux) andperfumes(Coty).
Politics
[edit]Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud(Union for a Popular Movement,UMP) was the mayor of Puteaux from 1969 to 2004. In 2004 he was succeeded by his daughterJoëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud(UMP). She was also temporarily appointed as a Member of Parliament for the 6th district ofHauts-de-Seine(Puteaux/Neuilly-sur-Seine) instead ofNicolas Sarkozy.
The administration of Puteaux by Ceccaldi-Raynaud is considered authoritarian by certain people (the opposition but sometimes also certain people of their own political camp in Hauts-de-Seine). This criticism regularly has echoes in the media (like the daily newspapersLibération,Le Monde,the edition of Hauts-de-Seine ofLe Parisienand the news magazineL'Express,which made a coverstory of it at the end of 2005).
In September 2005, Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud announced his intention to become mayor again, instead of his daughter. However, his daughter refused to resign. A lot of fixing was needed, in particular in theMunicipal council(reported in a dispatch of theAFPof November 21, 2005).
Municipal administration
[edit]The mayors of Puteaux:
- Guillaume Nezot(in 1790).
- Pierre Nezot(in 1791).
- Philippe Gault(1791–1795).
- Guillaume Nezot(1795–1800).
- Jean Saulnier(1800–1816).
- Denis Legrand(1816–1826).
- Bernard Gerhard(1826–1831).
- Pierre Langlasse(refused the function).
- Victor Beau(in 1832).
- Guillaume Julien(1833–1840).
- Claude Pitois(1840–1847).
- Gabriel Panay(in 1848).
- Alfred Michel(1848–1851).
- Jean-Baptiste Léonard(1851–1857).
- Léon Godefroy(1857–1858) (deceased in function).
- Joseph Boucherot(1858–1870).
- Simon-Hyacinte Blanche(in 1870).
- Jean-Théoxene Roque de Fillol(in 1871).
- Arthur Guillaumet(1871–1872).
- Charles Lorilleux(en 1872).
- Auguste Blanche(1872–1880).
- Ernest Francillon(1881–1884).
- Charles Chenu(1884–1894).
- Charles Decroix(1894–1912).
- Lucien Voilin(1912–1925).
- Marius Jacotot(1925–1930).
- Georges Barthélémy(1930–1944).
- Firmin Aury(in August 1944).
- Henri Buisine(August 1944 – 1945).
- Jean Nennig(1945–1947).
- Roger Deniau(1947–1948).
- Georges Dardel(SFIO) (1948–1969).
- Charles Ceccaldi-Raynaud(1969–2004).
- Joëlle Ceccaldi-Raynaud(since 2004).
Transport
[edit]Puteaux is served byPuteauxstation on theTransilien La DéfenseandTransilien Paris – Saint-Lazaresuburban rail lines.
Puteaux is also served byEsplanade de la Défensestation onParis Métro Line 1,in the business district ofLa Défense,as well as byLa Défense station,a large interchange station on Paris Métro Line 1, on ParisRER 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.
Sport
[edit]The Cercle de Puteaux hosted thetennisevents for the1900 Summer Olympics.[13]
Cultural depictions
[edit]Puteaux is the setting for the 1961 filmThe Long Absence(Une aussi longue absence), winner of thePalme d'OratCannes.[14][15]
Old street names
[edit]| Current name | Old name |
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| rue Bernard-Palissy | rue Charles X |
| rue du bicentenaire | avenue du centenaire |
| quai de Dion-Bouton | quai National |
| rue Jean-Jaurès | rue de Paris |
| rue des Pavillons | rue des Coutures |
| Place de Stalingrad | place du marché |
| rue de Verdun | rue de Neuilly |
| rue Fernand Pelloutier | rue de Denain |
International relations
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See also
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References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires"(in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui:Commune data sheet Puteaux,EHESS(in French).
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
- ^"Contact"(in French). Ministry of Ecological Transition. 2023-10-10.Retrieved2024-08-05.
- ^"Contact us."Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on June 22, 2017." Bureau d’enquêtes sur les événements de mer (BEAmer) Arche Sud 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX FRANCE "- Note thepedestrian access map
- ^"Organisation"(in French). French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau.Retrieved2024-07-27.
Grande Arche - Paroi Sud, 29e étage, 92055 LA DEFENSE Cedex
- ^"Contact usArchived2012-02-20 at theWayback Machine."Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer.Retrieved on 11 August 2009.
- ^"L'organisation"(in French). French Land Transport Accident Investigation Bureau. Archived fromthe originalon 2006-10-13.Retrieved2024-07-27.
Tour Pascal B, 16ème étage, 92055 LA DEFENSE Cedex
- ^"Nous contacterArchived2009-09-04 at theWayback Machine."Minister of Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and Sea.Retrieved on 26 October 2009.
- ^"Contacter le BEA-TT"(in French). Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre. Archived fromthe originalon 31 December 2014.Retrieved8 February2015.- "Tour Voltaire, 7ème étage, 92055 LA DEFENSE Cedex"
- ^"Contact usArchived2012-02-20 at theWayback Machine."() Bureau d'Enquêtes sur les Événements de Mer. Retrieved on 16 February 2012." MAIL ADDRESSBEAmer Tour Voltaire 92055 LA DEFENSE CEDEX "
- ^Sports-reference.com Summer Olympics Paris 6-11 July 1900 tennis men's singles results.Accessed 14 November 2010.
- ^"UNE AUSSI LONGUE ABSENCE".Festival de Cannes 2019.
- ^"Une Aussi Longue Absence (1961, Film) — CinéSéries"– via www.cineserie.com.
- ^abcdefghij"Puteaux - Qu'est-ce que le jumelage?".Mairie de Puteaux [Puteaux Official Website](in French). Archived fromthe originalon 2013-11-26.Retrieved2013-12-28.
External links
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- Official website: mairie-puteaux.fr
- Unofficial Website,by a local blogger
- Téléputeaux
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