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La Defense business district in Paris

140 000 people work and 30 000 people live in La Défense.

Le Defense is Europe's largest business center with 80 hectares of skyscrapers five kilometers West of Paris.

With headquarters of companies such as SFR, IBM, Société Générale, Total, Axa, La Defense is a European economic powerhorse.

La Défense pedestrian business district near Paris
La Defense with Arc de Triomphe in the background

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 exhibition center and the  Grande Arche (above and below).

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.

La Défense skyscrapers
La Defense skyscrapers

La Grande Arche in La Défense 
La Grande Arche in La Défense

La Defense is a key Paris 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.

All of that make it a great idea to stay in La Defense, specially if you come to in Paris for business.

La Defense web site

La Grande Arche web site

CNIT web site

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