Attraction · Puteaux · Hauts-de-Seine

Arche de la Défense

Arche de la Défense is a monument and building. Visitors find it in Puteaux. Add Tour Eiffel, 5.7 km away, to a visit; it leads 2,228 places within 15 km.

Photo: Arche de la Défense, Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Puteaux

inside the commune

How well known

Top 1%

#48 of 37,318 French places we list

Warmest months

Apr–Oct

highs of 17–26°C

In brief

Attraction in Puteaux

One of the best-known places to visit in France

#48 of the 37,318 museums, châteaux, gardens and other attractions we list in France, by how widely it is covered (51 Wikipedia and sister-site articles). About ↓

In Puteaux

Arche de la Défense is in the commune of Puteaux, with 153 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and Météo-France 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

A month-by-month guide

Afternoons in Puteaux peak at 17–26°C, April to October.

Jan8° / 3°51 mm

Feb9° / 2°45 mm

Mar14° / 4°46 mm

Apr17° / 6°45 mm

May21° / 10°70 mm

Jun24° / 13°53 mm

Jul26° / 15°51 mm

Aug26° / 15°55 mm

Sep22° / 11°46 mm

Oct17° / 9°55 mm

Nov11° / 5°58 mm

Dec8° / 3°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Puteaux, and rain in a month. Météo-France 1991–2020 normals from the Bagatelle station, 1.7 km away. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Puteaux’s full climate →

About

Arche de la Défense

Articles on it exist in 51 languages.

Arche de la Défense on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Attraction
Covered in: 51 Wikipedia and sister-site articles
Commune: Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine
Official site: lagrandearche.fr

Facts: Wikidata (CC0), OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Plan your visit

Opening times and entry

HoursJan 02–Mar 31, Oct 01–Dec 31 10:00–19:00 · Apr 01–Sep 30 10:00–23:00

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Arche de la Défense and what surrounds it

The numbers show what else is near Arche de la Défense, in the order listed below.

Towns near it

The towns around Arche de la Défense

Home to 97,783 people, Nanterre is the largest of these 8. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.

1 · It’s in this commune

Puteaux

44,002 people

2 · 1.5 km northeast of it

Courbevoie

82,902 people

3 · 1.8 km northeast of it

La Garenne-Colombes

30,197 people

4 · 2 km west of it

Nanterre

97,783 people

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Arche de la Défense is	People
Puteaux	It’s in this commune	44,002
Courbevoie	1.5 km northeast of it	82,902
La Garenne-Colombes	1.8 km northeast of it	30,197
Nanterre	2 km west of it	97,783
Neuilly-sur-Seine	2.4 km east of it	59,538
Suresnes	2.6 km south of it	48,956
Colombes	3.4 km north of it	91,053
Bois-Colombes	3.7 km northeast of it	28,909

Make a day of it

What else is near Arche de la Défense

Our list has 2,228 more within 15 km, among them 5 attractions, 2 museums and a garden.

AttractionTour Eiffel5.7 km southeast, in Paris 7e 2MuseumMuseumMusée du Louvre8.2 km southeast, in Paris 1er 3

MuseumMusée d'Orsay7.6 km southeast, in Paris 7e 4

AttractionAvenue des Champs-Élysées5.6 km southeast, in Paris 8e 5

AttractionArc de triomphe de l'Étoile4.8 km southeast, in Paris 8e 6

AttractionCathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris9.4 km southeast, in Paris 4e 7

GardenBois de Boulogne3.3 km south, in Paris 16e 8

AttractionChâteau de Versailles13 km southwest, in Versailles

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Arche de la Défense

Where is Arche de la Défense?

Arche de la Défense is in Puteaux, in Hauts-de-Seine (Île-de-France).

What is Arche de la Défense?

Monument and building in Paris's La Défense.

How well known is Arche de la Défense?

Arche de la Défense has 51 Wikipedia and sister-site articles in different languages: #48 of the 37,318 French places we list.

When is the best time to visit Arche de la Défense?

April to October are the warmest months in Puteaux, with afternoon highs of 17–26°C (Météo-France 1991–2020 normals).

What else is there to see near Arche de la Défense?

Within 15 km: Tour Eiffel (5.7 km), Musée du Louvre (8.2 km), Musée d'Orsay (7.6 km) and Avenue des Champs-Élysées (5.6 km).

Sources: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0: what it is, its articles, how widely it is covered), the Culture ministry’s Mérimée database (Licence Ouverte 2.0), IGN commune boundaries, Météo-France 1991–2020 normals (Licence Ouverte 2.0).

Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (8)

Arche de la Défense: Cristian Bortes from Cluj-Napoca, Romania, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Tour Eiffel: Benh LIEU SONG, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Musée d'Orsay: Cheng-en Cheng from Taichung City, Taiwan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Avenue des Champs-Élysées: SoWhat, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Arc de triomphe de l'Étoile: ZeusUpsistos, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris: P e z i, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Bois de Boulogne: Guilhem Vellut from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Château de Versailles: ToucanWings, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.