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Hauts-de-Seine
Department of France in Île-de-France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hauts-de-Seine (French pronunciation: [o d(ə) sɛn] i; lit. 'Upper Seine') is a département in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and Essonne to the south. With a population of 1,624,357 (as of 2019)[3] and a total area of 176 square kilometres (68 square miles), it is the second most highly-densely populated department of France, after Paris. It is the fifth most populous department in France. Its prefecture is Nanterre, but Boulogne-Billancourt, one of its two subprefectures, alongside Antony, has a larger population.
Hauts-de-Seine | |
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    From top down, left to right: a view of Boulogne-Billancourt from the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Meudon site of the Paris Observatory, the Château de Sceaux, lake in Rueil-Malmaison, La Défense seen from La Garenne-Colombes | |
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 Location of Hauts-de-Seine in France | |
| Coordinates: 48°50′N 02°12′E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Île-de-France |
| Prefecture | Nanterre |
| Subprefectures | Antony Boulogne- Billancourt |
| Government | |
| • President of the Departmental Council | Georges Siffredi[1] (LR) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 176 km2 (68 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,626,213 |
| • Rank | 5th |
| • Density | 9,200/km2 (24,000/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Altoséquanais.e |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department number | 92 |
| Arrondissements | 3 |
| Cantons | 23 |
| Communes | 36 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries and lakes, ponds and glaciers larger than 1 km2 | |
Hauts-de-Seine is best known for containing the modern office, cinema and shopping complex La Défense, one of Grand Paris's main economic centres and one of Europe's major business districts. Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest departments in France; it had the highest GDP per capita in France at €107,800 in 2020.[4] Its inhabitants are called Altoséquanais (masculine) and Altoséquanaises (feminine) in French.