Hauts-de-Seine
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| Hauts-de-Seine | |
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| The Hauts-de-Seine coat of arms | |
| Location | |
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| Administration | |
| 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 |
| Statistics | |
| 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:
