What is La Défense?
[[File:La Défense depuis l'Arc de Triomphe Janvier 2023.jpg|thumb|La Défense, as seen from Paris]] '''La Défense''' ({{IPA-fr|la de.fɑ̃s|lang}}) is an area in the [[Paris Metropolitan Area]] of [[Île-de-France]], located in the [[Hauts-de-Seine]] [[France|French]] [[Departments of France|department]], just west of [[Paris]]. It is the largest [[business district]] in [[Europe]] and is home to 19 [[skyscraper]]s and more than 50 other [[building]]s made of glass and steel. The area is 1.6 [[square kilometer|km<sup>2</sup>]] (560 [[hectare]]s) big. About 25,000 people live in La Défense, and another 180,000 people work there. Over 8 million [[tourism|tourists]] visit La Défense every year. To get there, one can start at the [[Louvre]] or [[Arc de Triomphe]] and head west along the ''[[Axe historique]]'' (Historical Axis) along the [[Champs-Élysées]] and [[Avenue de la Grande Armée]]. La Défense is at the other end of the axis and has a [[monument]] called ''[[Grande Arche]]''. It can also be reached by [[Paris Métro]] Line 1, [[RER]] Line A, [[tram]] T2 run by the [[RATP]], and by [[SNCF]] trains, which all stop at an underground [[railway station]] called ''Gare de La Défense''. == Further reading == * [https://parisladefense.com Paris La Défense] {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Paris]] [[Category:Hauts-de-Seine]]