Esplanade de La Défense
Esplanade de La Défense is a railway stop in Courbevoie, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Île-de-France. Esplanade de La Défense is situated nearby to the pond Bassin Takis, as well as near Esplanade Sud.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Esplanade de La Défense station and Tour First.
Esplanade de La Défense station
Metro station
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Esplanade de La Défense is a station on Paris Métro Line 1 on the outskirts of La Défense on the border of Courbevoie and Puteaux. It has an island platform because of limitations on space due it being enclosed in a site originally earmarked for one of the underpasses of the A14 autoroute.
Tour First
Building
Photo: Arthur Weidmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tour First is an office skyscraper in the La Défense business district of the metropolitan area of Paris. Built in 1974, the tower stands at 231 m tall with 52 floors and is the current second tallest building in France. Tour First is situated 130 metres northeast of Esplanade de La Défense.
Grande Arche
Photo: Cristian Bortes, CC BY 2.0.
La Grande Arche de la Défense, originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité, is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west of Paris, France. Grande Arche is situated 1¼ km northwest of Esplanade de La Défense.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include La Défense and Courbevoie.
La Défense
Photo: Micdjunior, CC BY-SA 3.0.
La Défense is a collection of modern high-rise office and residential buildings built according to an evolving central plan on the western outskirts of Paris, beyond the last Parisian loop of the river Seine.
Courbevoie
Town
Photo: Clicsouris, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Courbevoie is a commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, 8.2 km from the center of Paris.
Puteaux
Town
Photo: mwanasimba, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Puteaux is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, 8.7 kilometres from the centre of Paris. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan area, extends over the northern part of Puteaux and parts of the neighbouring communes Courbevoie and Nanterre.
Esplanade de La Défense
- Type: Railway stop
- Categories: transport stop and transportation
- Location: Courbevoie, Arrondissement of Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude
48.88781° or 48° 53′ 16″ northLongitude
2.25065° or 2° 15′ 2″ eastInception
April 1st, 1992Open location code
8FW4V7Q2+47OpenStreetMap ID
node 6055104865OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stop
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