Tour Défense 2000

The Tour Défense 2000 is one of the tallest residential buildings in France. The tower is situated in the La Défense section of Puteaux, a suburb of Paris.

Type: Building
Description: tallest residential buildings in France
Also known as: “Tour Defense 2000”
Address: 23 Rue Louis Pouey, Puteaux, 92800

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Grande Arche and Les Quatre Temps.

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 570 metres north of Tour Défense 2000.

Les Quatre Temps

Shopping center

Photo: Jakubszypulka, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Westfield Les 4 Temps is the main shopping centre in the business district of La Défense, in the western suburbs of Paris, on the territory of the commune of Puteaux in the Hauts-de-Seine. Les Quatre Temps is situated 360 metres north of Tour Défense 2000.

La Défense–Grande Arche

Metro station

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La Défense station is a station of the Transilien suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network. La Défense–Grande Arche is situated 530 metres north of Tour Défense 2000.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Puteaux and La Défense.

Puteaux

Town

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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.

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.