HAUTS-DE-SEINE


'Hauts-de-Seine (92)' (literally "Seine Heights") is a department in France. It is part of the Île-de-France region, 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''.

Contents
Geography
History
Economy
Administration
External links

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").

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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.)

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.

Administration



Hauts-de-Seine is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 36 communes:










Arrondissement of
Antony		 Arrondissement of
Boulogne-Billancourt		 Arrondissement of
Nanterre

#Antony
#Châtenay-Malabry
#Sceaux
#Bourg-la-Reine
#Bagneux
#Fontenay-aux-Roses
#Le Plessis-Robinson
#Clamart
#Châtillon
#Montrouge
#Malakoff
#Vanves

  1. Issy-les-Moulineaux
  2. Boulogne-Billancourt
  3. Meudon
  4. Sèvres
  5. Chaville
  6. Ville-d'Avray
  7. Saint-Cloud
  8. Marnes-la-Coquette
  9. Vaucresson

  1. Garches
  2. Rueil-Malmaison
  3. Suresnes
  4. Puteaux
  5. Nanterre
  6. Colombes
  7. La Garenne-Colombes
  8. Bois-Colombes
  9. Courbevoie
  10. Neuilly-sur-Seine
  11. Levallois-Perret
  12. Clichy
  13. Asnières-sur-Seine
  14. Gennevilliers
  15. Villeneuve-la-Garenne

External links



★ Website of the General council

★ Prefecture website

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