Hauts-de-Seine
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| Hauts-de-Seine | |
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| Coat of arms of the Hauts-de-Seine department | |
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| Department number: | 92 |
| Region: | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture: | Nanterre |
| Subprefectures: | Antony, Hauts-de-Seine Boulogne- Billancourt |
| Arrondissements: | 3 |
| Cantons: | 45 |
| Communes: | 36 |
| President of the General Council: | 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 department in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, 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 departments, 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 department of Hauts-de-Seine was created in 1968, from parts of the former departments 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 departments housing projects. Implicated were former minister and former President of the general council 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 second wealthiest department (behind Paris), and one of Europe's richest areas. Its GDP per capita was € 62,374 in 2003, according to INSEE official figures.
[edit] External links
- (French) Website of the General council
- (French) Prefecture website
