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. Its population is 900,667 (2019), and its area is 91.8 km2.

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


 * 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. 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:


 * 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