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Nanterre

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Nanterre , city (1990 pop. 86,627), capital of Hauts-de-Seine dept., N central France, on the right bank of the Seine River. It is an administrative and industrial center where metals, automobiles, electrical equipment, machine tools, and rolling stock are manufactured. In May, 1968, the Nanterre branch of the Univ. of Paris was the scene of student protests that spread to other areas and led to a national political crisis. The National Basilica of Ste Geneviève, with a 15th-century nave, is in Nanterre.

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Nanterre

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Nanterre, Paris/France Nemetodor/Nemetodurum The name has evolved from the Roman name which came from the Gaulish nemeton ‘sacred grove’ or ‘sacred sanctuary’ and duru ‘door’, ‘house’ or ‘village’.

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