Editing Puteaux (section)

== History ==
In 1148 Abbot Suger, the chief minister of kings [[Louis VI of France|Louis VI]] and [[Louis VII of France|Louis VII]], established a landed estate named ''Putiauz'', which went on to become a village of the same name. Suger also founded other settlements in the area, such as [[Carrières-sur-Seine]], [[Vaucresson]], and [[Villeneuve-la-Garenne]], with the aim of attracting people into the region. This was reinforced by certain privileges which Suger granted to the inhabitants.

The name ''Putiauz'' is likely to have come from the old French ''Putel'', meaning a "quagmire" or "swamp", making reference to the condition of the area before it was drained for agriculture. But in another explanation, the name of Puteaux comes from the Latin word ''puteoli'', the plural of ''puteolus'', meaning "little wells" or "water holes". The spelling "Puteaux" is believed to have been first used in the sixteenth or seventeenth century.

Legend has it that Puteaux inspired the story of the gadfly by [[Jean de La Fontaine]].

During the [[repression of January and February 1894]], the police conducted raids targeting the [[Anarchism|anarchists]] living there, without much success.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Les anarchistes |trans-title=The anarchists |work=La Dépêche |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |date=2 January 1894 |title=Deux mille perquisitions |journal=L'Estafette |pages=2}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=3 January 1894 |title=Une série générale de perquisitions : résultat négatif des recherches |trans-title=A general series of raids: negative results |work=L'Éclair}}</ref>