Historic axis
The long straight line running west from central Paris continues through the Grande Arche into Nanterre, drawing a clear axis across the whole composition.
Minimalist map poster · France
48.8920° N / 2.2067° E
The prefecture of Hauts-de-Seine, stretched between a Seine meander and La Défense, crossed by the historic axis running west from Paris

One city, five moods
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The map
Nanterre lies west of Paris on a broad bend of the Seine and is the prefecture of the Hauts-de-Seine department. Its map is varied rather than uniform: an old town centre with small, irregular blocks, large twentieth-century housing estates, a university campus, rail yards, and the high-rise district of La Défense reaching into its eastern side.
The historic axis that begins at the Louvre and runs through the Arc de Triomphe continues past the Grande Arche into Nanterre, where a sequence of landscaped terraces carries it on toward the river. Motorways, railway lines and RER tracks thread through the town, and the Paris La Défense Arena, a large indoor stadium, sits close to the business district.
Nanterre is also home to Université Paris Nanterre, whose campus forms one of the largest open shapes on the map. A Nanterre map poster brings together these very different scales, from the narrow streets of the old village to the sweeping lines of the motorways and the Seine curving along the northern and western edges of the town.
The long straight line running west from central Paris continues through the Grande Arche into Nanterre, drawing a clear axis across the whole composition.
Towers, raised platforms and ring roads of the business district occupy the eastern side, a dense, angular pattern unlike anything else in town.
The river curves around the town's northern and western edges, giving the map a soft, sweeping boundary against its many hard infrastructure lines.
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The free preview is low-resolution with a watermark. Prints and HD files are rendered at 300 DPI, up to 7,200 × 10,800 px, without a watermark.
Why Nanterre
Nanterre means different things to different people: a university, a workplace at La Défense, an old village centre, a home on one of its estates. A map of the town holds all of those at once, which makes it a good gift for graduates and residents alike.
Personalise the title and subtitle, perhaps with a faculty, a graduation year or your street, and edit the coordinates line. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, as a matte print or as print-ready files for $9.
Order the Nanterre poster| Print size | Resolution | Files |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
For comparison, the free preview is 900 px wide, watermarked and meant for screens. The HD files have up to 8× the resolution in each direction and print cleanly at full poster size.
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It is printed on premium 200 gsm matte paper in one of six sizes, from 30 × 40 cm to 24 × 36″. Printed posters start at $39, shipping included.
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Yes. In the editor on this page, change the title, the subtitle and the coordinates line to anything you like, and pick a style and size. Printed, framed and digital orders all use exactly your design.
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