Arrondissement of Nanterre

The arrondissement of Nanterre is an arrondissement of France in the Hauts-de-Seine department in the Île-de-France region. It has 17 communes.[1] Its population is 888,181 (2016), and its area is 91.8 km2 (35.4 sq mi).[2]

Nanterre
Arrondissement
Location within the region Île-de-France
CountryFrance
RegionÎle-de-France
DepartmentHauts-de-Seine
No. of communes17
PrefectureNanterre
Area
 • Total91.8 km2 (35.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total888,181
 • Density9,675/km2 (25,060/sq mi)
INSEE code922

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Nanterre, and their INSEE codes, are:[1]

  1. Asnières-sur-Seine (92004)
  2. Bois-Colombes (92009)
  3. Clichy (92024)
  4. Colombes (92025)
  5. Courbevoie (92026)
  6. Garches (92033)
  7. La Garenne-Colombes (92035)
  8. Gennevilliers (92036)
  9. Levallois-Perret (92044)
  10. Nanterre (92050)
  11. Neuilly-sur-Seine (92051)
  12. Puteaux (92062)
  13. Rueil-Malmaison (92063)
  14. Saint-Cloud (92064)
  15. Suresnes (92073)
  16. Vaucresson (92076)
  17. Villeneuve-la-Garenne (92078)

History

The arrondissement of Nanterre was created in 1964 as part of the department Seine. In 1968 it became part of the new department Hauts-de-Seine.[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hauts-de-Seine, it received two communes from the arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt.[4]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Nanterre were, as of January 2015:[5]

  1. Asnières-sur-Seine-Nord
  2. Asnières-sur-Seine-Sud
  3. Bois-Colombes
  4. Clichy
  5. Colombes-Nord-Est
  6. Colombes-Nord-Ouest
  7. Colombes-Sud
  8. Courbevoie-Nord
  9. Courbevoie-Sud
  10. Garches
  11. La Garenne-Colombes
  12. Gennevilliers-Nord
  13. Gennevilliers-Sud
  14. Levallois-Perret-Nord
  15. Levallois-Perret-Sud
  16. Nanterre-Nord
  17. Nanterre-Sud-Est
  18. Nanterre-Sud-Ouest
  19. Neuilly-sur-Seine-Nord
  20. Neuilly-sur-Seine-Sud
  21. Puteaux
  22. Rueil-Malmaison
  23. Suresnes
  24. Villeneuve-la-Garenne

References
  1. "Arrondissement de Nanterre (922)". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  2. "Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019". INSEE. Retrieved 2019-10-05.
  3. Historique des Hauts-de-Seine
  4. "Arrêté préfectoral, 30 December 2016" (PDF). pp. 29–31. Retrieved 2019-10-28.
  5. "Populations légales 2012" (PDF). INSEE. December 2014. Retrieved 2019-10-28.

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