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La Defense

La Defense is Europe's largest business center with 80 hectares of skyscrapers and shopping centers.

140 000 people work and 30 000 people live in La Defense, a Paris district five kilometers West of Paris.

With headquarters of companies such as Vivendi, IBM, Societe Generale, Total, Axa, EDF, La Defense is a European economic powerhorse.


The CNIT in La Defense

La Grande Arche in La Défense
La Grande Arche in La Defense
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A pedestrian district with underground car traffic, La Defense displays splendid architecture, including the CNIT conference center and the Grande Arche.

Add to it a huge and nice shopping center, Les Quatre Temps many hotels and restaurants, all within walking distance of RER A La Defense/Grande Arche metro station, 10' from Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

The Orsay museum La Defense is a key transport hub: metro line 1 to Paris, RER A to Paris (RER B to Charles de Gaulle airport at Les Halles station), trains to Versailles.

Hotel Pullman in La Defense
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La Defense

La Defense skyscrapers 
Skyscrapers in La Defense

La Defense nowadays attracts many million tourists and shoppers. It is the most modern district of Paris, a predominently 19th century city.

It is therefore a good idea to stay in La Defense, especially if you come in Paris for business.

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La Defense web site

La Grande Arche web site

CNIT web site

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