The 8th arrondissement of Paris ( VIII arrondissement ) is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France . In spoken French, the arrondissement is colloquially referred to as le huitième ( lit. ' the eighth ' ).
23-598: EN or En or en may refer to: Businesses [ edit ] Bouygues (stock symbol EN) Island Rail Corridor , formerly known as the Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (reporting mark EN) Euronews , a news television and internet channel Language and writing [ edit ] N , 14th letter of the Roman alphabet EN , a mark in Sumerian cuneiform script for
46-526: A Court of Appeal ruling in 2002 which stated that ... when an Adjudicator makes an error in calculating an amount payable to a party, the effect of which is to pay monies which are not due under the contract, that decision would not be void provided the Adjudicator had answered the issue that has been asked of him. Between 2009 and 2011, Bouygues S.A. was illegally employing workers from Poland and Romania exposing them to inhuman working conditions at
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161-567: A maximum of 20% of Alstom, currently owned by the group. In May 2018, the company purchased the Australian construction company A. W. Edwards. In 2021, Bouygues acquired the technical services business, Equans from Engie in a transaction worth €7.1bn. The company carries out the following businesses: Construction Telecoms - Media Transportation Technical services Source : Bouygues Bouygues has been involved in many major construction projects including Bouygues
184-753: Is a French engineering group headquartered in the 8th arrondissement of Paris , France. Bouygues is listed on the Euronext Paris exchange and is a blue chip in the CAC 40 stock market index. The company was founded in 1952 by Francis Bouygues and has been led by his son Martin Bouygues since 1989. Martin's older brother, Olivier Bouygues , is a board member. The group specialises in construction ( Colas Group and Bouygues Construction), real estate development (Bouygues Immobilier), media ( TF1 Group ), and telecommunications ( Bouygues Telecom ). The company
207-720: Is also involved in HS2 lot C1, working as part of joint venture, due to complete in 2031. The Bouygues head office is located at 32 Avenue Hoche in the 8th arrondissement of Paris . The American architect Kevin Roche worked on this building, as well as the previous head office location, the Challenger complex in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines . This complex, situated in a 30 hectares (74 acres) tract in Guyancourt ,
230-454: Is located in the 8th arrondissement. Air China and China Southern Airlines have their Paris offices in the arrondissement. At one time, the head office of Union des Transports Aériens was located in this arrondissement. The predecessor airline, Union Aéromaritime de Transport , also had its head office in the 8th arrondissement. When Suez existed, its head office was in the 8th arrondissement. When Unibail existed, its head office
253-483: Is now occupied by Bouygues Construction, one of the group's subsidiaries. Since 2006, Bouygues has participated in the United Nations Global Compact . The group sponsors The Shift Project think tank, with several other companies such as EDF, BNP Paribas or Saint-Gobain, which promotes sustainable economic development. In September 2023 Bouygues Construction Expertises Nucléaires (BCEN)
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#1732772417434276-721: The 1999 census, it was the place of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement of the capital. It is also the location of many places of interest, among them the Champs-Élysées , the Arc de Triomphe (partial) and the Place de la Concorde , as well as the Élysée Palace , the official residence and office of the President of France . Most French fashion luxury brands have their main store in 8th arrondissement, Avenue Montaigne or Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré , both in
299-484: The 8th arrondissement: Lycée Chaptal and Lycée Racine . Private high schools: The École de langue japonaise de Paris (パリ日本語補習校 Pari Nihongo Hoshūkō ), a supplementary Japanese education programme , has its offices at the Association Amicale des Ressortissants Japonais en France (AARJF) in the 8th arrondissement. The classes are held at the École Maternelle et Primaire Saint Francois d'Eylau in
322-493: The Champs-Élysées Avenue shopping district. As of 2019, the 8th arrondissement had a population of 35,655. The land area of the arrondissement is 3.881 km (1.498 sq mi; 959 acres). The arrondissement had its highest population of 107,485 in 1891. In 1999, it had almost a third of that number, with 39,310 residents. It is one of Paris' least densely populated arrondissements and contains 1.8% of
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368-533: The attack and posted a 1.2 GB file that allegedly contained data taken from Bouygues Construction. 8th arrondissement of Paris The arrondissement, called Élysée, is situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centered on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées . The 8th arrondissement is, together with the 1st , 9th , 16th and 17th arrondissements , one of Paris' main business districts. According to
391-463: The company launched Bouygues Télécom and in 2006 the company acquired 23.26% of Alstom . In 2010, through its subsidiary Nerem Telecom, Bouygues also acquired HGT Telecom for $ 170 million from Henri Benezra and his brother Avi. In 2014, consecutively to Alstom 's cession of its Energy activities to General Electric , Bouygues granted a call option to the French government, allowing it to acquire
414-623: The construction site of the Flamanville nuclear power plant in Normandy . The company was later condemned for their practices before the court in Cherbourg and was ordered to pay sanctions of between €25,000 and €29,950. On 30 January 2020 a ransomware-type virus was detected on Bouygues Construction's computer network although operational activity on the construction sites was disrupted. The "Maze Ransomware Gang" claimed responsibility for
437-449: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=EN&oldid=1257843338 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2022 Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Bouygues Bouygues S.A. ( French pronunciation: [bwiɡ] )
460-692: The total population of Paris. An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. The head offices of AXA , Bouygues , Électricité de France (EDF), Eurazeo , Ki-oon , Sanofi-Aventis , Engie , HSBC Continental Europe and Suez Environnement are located in this arrondissement. Standard & Poor's ' France office
483-558: Was fined €6.2 million after the French competition regulator found them guilty, along with five other companies, of bid rigging over tenders for work at the Marcoule nuclear site . In this UK construction adjudication matter, the company's UK subsidiary had terminated the employment of its mechanical sub-contractor, Dahl-Jensen (UK). The adjudicator made a mistake in calculating outstanding payments due to Dahl-Jensen, which led to
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#1732772417434506-555: Was founded by Francis Bouygues in 1952. In 1970 Bouygues became listed on the Paris Stock Exchange . In 1985 and 1986, Bouygues acquired road construction groups Screg , Sacer , and Colas ; later reorganised as Colas Group . In 1987 the company started operating the television channel TF1 and in 1988 Bouygues moved into its new head office, the Challenger complex, in Saint-Quentin en Yvelines . In 1996
529-492: Was in the 8th arrondissement. At one time, Groupe Danone had its head office in the 8th arrondissement. At one time, Alcatel-Lucent 's head office was located in the 8th arrondissement. At one time, Northwest Airlines had its Paris offices in the Madeleine station. At one time, All Nippon Airways operated a sales office in the 8th arrondissement. There are two public sixth-form colleges ( lycée ) in
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