---
title: "NUXT_E4016"
description: "A nested page cannot be displayed because its parent page does not render <NuxtPage />."
canonical_url: "https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/errors/e4016"
---
# E4016

The current route matches a nested page, but the parent page component does not render `<NuxtPage />`. Vue Router can only display a child page inside its parent's `<NuxtPage />` outlet, so the child page is never shown.

This happens with a directory structure like the following, when `parent.vue` does not contain `<NuxtPage />`:

```bash [Directory Structure]
-| pages/
---| parent/
------| child.vue
---| parent.vue
```

## Resolution

Add `<NuxtPage />` to the parent page component so the child route can render inside it. If you did not intend to create a nested route, restructure your `pages/` directory so the page no longer has child routes.

<read-more to="https://nuxt.com/docs/4.x/guide/directory-structure/pages#nested-routes">



</read-more>


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