Suresnes
Suresnes | |
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The Hôtel de Ville | |
Paris and inner ring departments | |
Location of Suresnes | |
| Coordinates: 48°52′N 2°13′E / 48.87°N 2.22°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Department | Hauts-de-Seine |
| Arrondissement | Nanterre |
| Canton | Nanterre-2 |
| Intercommunality | Grand Paris |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Guillaume Boudy (DVD) |
Area 1 | 3.79 km2 (1.46 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | 48,932 |
| • Density | 13,000/km2 (33,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Suresnois |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 92073 /92150 |
| Elevation | 26–162 m (85–531 ft) (avg. 36 m or 118 ft) |
| Website | www.suresnes.fr |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
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Suresnes (French pronunciation: [syʁɛn] ⓘ) is a commune in the western inner suburbs of Paris, France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, 9.3 km (5.8 mi) from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,482 as of 2020.
Suresnes borders the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, across the Seine. Its neighbouring communes are Nanterre, Puteaux, Rueil-Malmaison and Saint-Cloud. Suresnes's landmarks include the Mémorial de la France combattante, where an annual ceremony is held on 18 June, as well as Suresnes American Cemetery and Memorial nearby, below Fort Mont-Valérien, in addition to Foch Hospital in the town centre.
The commune is served by Suresnes–Mont-Valérien station on the Transilien network and by two stops on Île-de-France tramway Line 2, all three giving access to the La Défense business district and its RER A, RER E and Paris Métro Line 1 services.