Ville de Nanterre

About Ville de Nanterre

Nanterre is the leading city in the Île-de-France region in terms of jobs after Paris. With over 96,000 jobs, the city of Nanterre is one of the major centers of activity in the Île-de-France region (source: Insee, CLAP 2009). It is also one of the main sites for economic development in the immediate vicinity of Europe's leading business district, La Défense. Starting in 2004, Nanterre experienced the strongest regional growth in the number of private employees, after Roissy. This is notably due to the establishment of new companies in the city: Axa, Total, Société Générale...etc. Now, nearly a third of the municipal territory is occupied by employment sectors: The most important in terms of jobs is the Prefecture, which has 22,500 jobs, or 28% of the employment in the municipal territory. A third of these jobs are public. The four other activity sectors (Les Guilleraies, Les Champs-Pierreux, Les Hautes-Pâtures, Les Groues) each have between 6,000 and 7,000 jobs, or about 8% of the territory's employment.