SEINE-SAINT-DENIS

'Seine-Saint-Denis' is a French department located in the Île-de-France region. In local slang, it is known as "'l'neuf trois'" (i.e. "the nine three"), after the official administrative number of the department, 93.

Contents

Geography

Administration

History

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

External links

Geography

Seine-Saint-Denis is located to the north-east of Paris. It has a surface area of only 236 km², making it one of the smallest departments in France. Seine-Saint-Denis and two other small departments, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne, form a ring around Paris, known as the ''petite couronne'' ("little crown"). They form, together with four other departments, the region of Île-de-France.

Administration

Seine-Saint-Denis is made up of 3 departmental arrondissements and 40 communes:

Arrondissement of Saint-Denis	Arrondissement of Bobigny	Arrondissement of Le Raincy
#Saint-Ouen #Aubervilliers #Saint-Denis #L'Île-Saint-Denis #Épinay-sur-Seine #Villetaneuse #Pierrefitte-sur-Seine #Stains #La Courneuve	Dugny Le Bourget Drancy Bobigny Bondy Les Pavillons-sous-Bois Noisy-le-Sec Romainville Pantin Le Pré-Saint-Gervais Les Lilas Bagnolet Montreuil Rosny-sous-Bois Villemomble	Neuilly-Plaisance Neuilly-sur-Marne Noisy-le-Grand Gournay-sur-Marne Gagny Le Raincy Clichy-sous-Bois Montfermeil Coubron Vaujours Livry-Gargan Sevran Aulnay-sous-Bois Le Blanc-Mesnil Villepinte Tremblay-en-France

History

Seine-Saint-Denis was largely part of the Seine department until 1964. It has a veritable history as a left-wing stronghold, belonging to the ''ceinture rouge'' of Paris. The French Communist Party especially has maintained a continued strong presence in the department, and still controls the city councils in cities such as Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, Bobigny, and La Courneuve. Seine-Saint-Denis is the only department where the communist party has a majority in the general council.

Economy

Demographics

Seine-Saint-Denis is the department with the highest population share of immigrants, about 25 %. This is difficult to estimate accurately however, as French law prohibits the collection of ethnic data for census taking purposes.

Culture

Miscellaneous topics

Seine-Saint-Denis was scheduled to be the site of a 2004 International Exhibition. However this event was cancelled.

External links

★ Website of the General council

★ Prefecture website