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. Its population is 911,155 (2021), and its area is .

Composition

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

Asnières-sur-Seine (92004) Bois-Colombes (92009) Clichy (92024) Colombes (92025) Courbevoie (92026) Garches (92033) La Garenne-Colombes (92035) Gennevilliers (92036) Levallois-Perret (92044) Nanterre (92050) Neuilly-sur-Seine (92051) Puteaux (92062) Rueil-Malmaison (92063) Saint-Cloud (92064) Suresnes (92073) Vaucresson (92076) 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.Historique des Hauts-de-Seine At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Hauts-de-Seine, it received two communes from the arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt.

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. In fact, the cantons of the arrondissement of Nanterre were, as of January 2015:

Asnières-sur-Seine-Nord Asnières-sur-Seine-Sud Bois-Colombes Clichy Colombes-Nord-Est Colombes-Nord-Ouest Colombes-Sud Courbevoie-Nord Courbevoie-Sud Garches La Garenne-Colombes Gennevilliers-Nord Gennevilliers-Sud Levallois-Perret-Nord Levallois-Perret-Sud Nanterre-Nord Nanterre-Sud-Est Nanterre-Sud-Ouest Neuilly-sur-Seine-Nord Neuilly-sur-Seine-Sud Puteaux Rueil-Malmaison Suresnes Villeneuve-la-Garenne

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