Puteaux Christmas Market

The Puteaux Christmas Market, the neighborhood festival on the doorstep of La Défense

Puteaux (92800), a town in the Hauts-de-Seine department nestled between the Seine river and the business district of La Défense, cultivates a popular and friendly festive spirit in December that deliberately contrasts with the austere architecture of the towers that dominate its landscape. The Christmas Market, set up on the Place du Théâtre in the heart of the ZAC du Théâtre, is its most charming expression: a human-sized, accessible, and festive market that brings Puteaux families together for the final days before Christmas.

Around twenty exhibitors on Place du Théâtre

Around twenty carefully selected exhibitors make up the Puteaux Christmas Market. You'll find a varied selection of festive products: scented candles, fashion jewelry, traditional clothing and textiles, handmade crafts, and even creations by Japanese artisans, bringing a touch of originality and openness to the world that distinguishes this market from its regional counterparts. Sweet treat lovers are catered for by the food truck "Le Ptit Sucré," specializing in crepes, waffles, and other sweet specialties.

The Puteaux Festive Ice Rink

The town of Puteaux complements its Christmas program with an outdoor ice rink, one of the most popular winter activities for Puteaux families. This festive installation, which runs for several weeks, offers a fun activity for all ages—introductions for beginners, free sessions for the more skilled—and creates an additional point of animation that attracts visitors from all over the metropolitan area.

Puteaux between La Défense and the Seine

Puteaux is a town of many faces: one of the most industrial in the Paris region in the 19th century, it now houses residences, businesses, and the CNIT of La Défense, whose territory it shares. The Île de Puteaux, in the middle of the Seine, offers a popular green space and walking area. In December, the town knows how to transcend its urban density to create spaces for conviviality and sharing that recall the spirit of a village in a metropolitan setting. The Christmas Market on Place du Théâtre is a fine example of this.

La Défense, the large neighboring Christmas Market

Puteaux also benefits from the proximity of the large Christmas Market of La Défense, one of the most important in Île-de-France with its more than 300 chalets on the parvis of La Défense. This major event, which runs from mid-November to the end of December, is accessible on foot from the center of Puteaux and complements the local festive offerings with a large-scale commercial and tourist experience.