Hauts-de-Seine

Hauts-de-Seine
Coat of arms of the Hauts-de-Seine department
Location
Administration
Department number:	92
Region:	Île-de-France
Prefecture:	Nanterre
Subprefectures:	Antony Boulogne- Billancourt
Arrondissements:	3
Cantons:	45
Communes:	36
President of the General Council:	Patrick Devedjian UMP
Statistics
Population	Ranked 6th
-Jan.1, 2006 estimate  -March 8, 1999 census	1,531,996 1,428,881
Population density:	8,705/km2
Land area¹:	176 km2
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, and lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km2.

Hauts-de-Seine (92) (literally "Seine Heights") is a département in France. It is part of the region of Île-de-France region, and covers the near western suburbs of Paris. It is small and densely populated and contains the modern office, theatre and shopping complex known as La Défense.

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").

Administration

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

History

The department 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 department's 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 département (behind Paris) and one of Europe's richest areas. Its GDP per capita was € 62,374 in 2003, according to INSEE official figures.

Demographics

Place of birth of residents

External links

• (French) Website of the General council
• (French) Prefecture website

Coordinates: 48°50′N 02°12′E / 48.833°N 2.2°E / 48.833; 2.2