Hauts-de-Seine
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| Hauts-de-Seine | |
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| The Hauts-de-Seine coat of arms | |
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| Département number: | 92 |
| Région: | Île-de-France |
| Préfecture: | Nanterre |
| Sub-Préfectures: | Antony, Hauts-de-Seine Boulogne- Billancourt |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 45 |
| Communes: | 36 |
| Conseiller Général: | Nicolas Sarkozy |
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| Population | Ranked 6th |
| -Jan.1, 2004 estimate -March 8, 1999 census |
1,494,269 1,428,881 |
| Population density: | 8,490/km² |
| Land area¹: | 176 km² |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km². | |
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Hauts-de-Seine (92) (literally "Seine Heights") is a département in France. It is part of the Île-de-France région, is adjacent to the City of Paris and forms part of the western suburbs of Paris. It is small and densely populated and contains the modern office, theatre, and shopping complex known as La Défense with its Grande Arche.
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[edit] Geography
Hauts-de-Seine and two other small départements, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne, form a ring around Paris, known as the petite couronne (i.e. "inner ring").
[edit] Administration
Hauts-de-Seine is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 36 communes:
| Arrondissement of Antony |
Arrondissement of Boulogne-Billancourt |
Arrondissement of Nanterre |
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[edit] History
The département of Hauts-de-Seine was created in 1968, from parts of the former départements of Seine and Seine-et-Oise.
In the 1990s and early 2000s the Hauts-de-Seine received national attention as the result of a corruption scandal concerning the misuse of public funds provided for the département's housing projects. Implicated were former minister and former president of the conseil général of the Hauts-de-Seine Charles Pasqua and other personalities of the RPR party. (See corruption scandals in the Paris region.)
[edit] Economy
Hauts-de-Seine is France's wealthiest département.
[edit] External links
- A driving trip across Issy-les-Moulineaux, Vanves, Malakoff, and Montrouge on You Tube
- Website of the Conseil Général (in French)
