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.

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".

Located on the left bank of the river Seine, Puteaux borders Courbevoie to the north, Nanterre to the west and Suresnes to the south.

Notable in particular are the old church, the Théâtre des Hauts-de-Seine, the town hall and a commercial shopping mall near the rues Jaurès, Eichenberger and Chantecoq.

The district Haut de Puteaux, located to the west of the railway line, is a more recent district, made of several residences and HLM (résidences des rosiers, Cartault, Marcellin Berthelot, Bernard Palissy) The Lorilleux residence, for example, was built on the site of the old ink manufacturing companies.

It mainly consists of office buildings, but some notable dwellings can be found within the district as well (Tour Défense 2000, résidence Boieldieu).

The Grande Arche and Tour Sequoia, both in La Défense and in Puteaux, have the administrative offices of the Ministry of Ecological Transition.

[10] Tour Voltaire [fr], also in Puteaux and La Défense, once had the head office of BEA-TT,[11] and BEAmer.

Puteaux does not have a debt and its financial reserves, placed in Treasury bills, returns ten million euros in interest alone.