The centre of Nanterre is organised around the Sainte-Geneviève cathedral, whose bell tower dates back to the fourteenth century, and the pyramid-shaped town hall, completed in 1973. It is the historic and administrative heart of the town, long a market-gardening village before becoming the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine. Nanterre-Ville station, on RER line A, anchors the district in the western Paris network and links it to La Défense in a few minutes.
The area mixes older housing, small apartment blocks and more recent schemes, around the Vieux-Pont district and the place Foch, whose market enlivens local life several mornings a week. The local shops, the services and the administrative facilities concentrated in the centre make it a lively area, at once residential and functional.
Sought after for its central position, its shops and its RER A service, the centre of Nanterre sits in the town's mid-market core. The supply is varied, from older apartments to new-build schemes, which attracts first-time buyers and people working in western Paris as much as investors, won over by the fast link to La Défense and Paris.
