La Défense

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business district urban district

La Défense is a major high-rise business district just west of central Paris, known for its modern skyscrapers, corporate headquarters, and the Grande Arche monument.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
La Défense business district	8
La Défense Grande Arche project	1
Parvis de La Défense	1
Rueil-sur-Seine business district	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	business district ⓘ urban district ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
developedSince	late 1950s ⓘ
governedBy	Paris La Défense public agency ⓘ Établissement public d’aménagement de La Défense (EPAD) ⓘ
hasFeature	conference centers ⓘ high-rise buildings ⓘ office towers ⓘ pedestrian esplanade ⓘ public art installations ⓘ shopping malls ⓘ
hasFunction	headquarters location for multinational companies ⓘ major office market of Paris region ⓘ
hasLandmark	CNIT ⓘ La Défense – Grande Arche ⓘ surface form: Grande Arche de la Défense La Défense de Paris statue ⓘ Areva ⓘ surface form: Tour Areva EDF ⓘ surface form: Tour EDF Tour First ⓘ Tour Total ⓘ
hasTransportHub	La Défense – Grande Arche station ⓘ
knownFor	La Défense – Grande Arche ⓘ surface form: Grande Arche corporate headquarters ⓘ esplanade ⓘ large shopping centers ⓘ modern skyscrapers ⓘ
locatedIn	Hauts-de-Seine ⓘ surface form: Hauts-de-Seine department Grand Paris urban area ⓘ surface form: Paris metropolitan area western suburbs of Paris ⓘ Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
namedAfter	statue La Défense de Paris ⓘ
near	central Paris ⓘ
partlyLocatedIn	Courbevoie ⓘ Nanterre ⓘ Puteaux ⓘ
partOf	Grand Paris urban area ⓘ surface form: Paris urban unit
planningType	planned business district ⓘ
primaryUse	business ⓘ office district ⓘ
region	Île-de-France region ⓘ surface form: Île-de-France
servedBy	Paris Métro Line 1 ⓘ surface form: Paris Métro line 1 RER A ⓘ surface form: RER line A Tramway line T2 ⓘ Transilien Line L ⓘ surface form: Transilien lines L and U
startPointOf	Axe de la Défense ⓘ
timeZone	Central European Time ⓘ
traversedBy	Axe historique of Paris ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Place Charles-de-Gaulle → connectsTo → La Défense ⓘ

Hauts-de-Seine → contains → La Défense ⓘ

this entity surface form: Rueil-sur-Seine business district

Right Bank of the Seine → contains → La Défense ⓘ