Hauts-de-Seine

From 1790 to 1968, Hauts-de-Seine was part of the former department of Seine. The Hauts-de-Seine department was created in 1968, from parts of the former departments of Seine and Seine-et-Oise. Its creation reflected the implementation of a law passed in 1964. Nanterre had already been selected as the prefecture for the new department early in 1965. In 2016, the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine voted in favour of a fusion of Hauts-de-Seine and Yvelines, its western neighbour. Following a similar vote in Yvelines, an was established. The fusion project was abandoned in 2021, but the cooperation between the two departments continues. ==Demographics==

Population development since 1881 Place of birth of residents ==Geography==

Location Hauts-de-Seine and two other small departments (Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne) form an inner ring around Paris, known as the Petite Couronne (literal translation: "Little Crown"). Together with the City of Paris, they are included in Greater Paris since 1 January 2016. It is the smallest department in France, followed by Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. It is slightly smaller than Maldives. Administration Hauts-de-Seine comprises three departmental arrondissements and 36 communes: Hauts-de-Seine currently has the fewest number of communes (36) of any department in Metropolitan France, not including Paris which has only one commune. ==Economy==

Hauts-de-Seine is one of France's wealthiest departments and one of Europe's richest areas. Its GDP per capita was €106,800 in 2020, according to Eurostat official figures. ==Politics==

In both local and national elections, the department predominantly supports centre-right political candidates, though the 1st and 11th constituencies favor the left. Hauts-de-Seine was the political base of Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic from 2007 to 2012. He was the mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine (1983–2002) and president of the Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine (2004–2007) before he assumed the office. Sarkozy had succeeded Charles Pasqua as president of the Departmental Council. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Hauts-de-Seine received national media attention as the result of a corruption scandal concerning the misuse of public funds provided for the department's housing projects. Implicated were Charles Pasqua, as well as other personalities of the Rally for the Republic (RPR) party. Departmental Council of Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine is governed by a departmental council. Its 46 members are called departmental councillors. The electorate of Hauts-de-Seine usually votes for right-wing parties; there has never been a left-wing majority since the department's inception in 1968. The departmental council is the deliberative organ of the department. The executive is led by the council president, assisted by vice presidents, in charge of various portfolios. Departmental councillors are elected (two per canton) by the department's inhabitants for six-year terms (no term limits). The president of the Departmental Council is Georges Siffredi, elected in 2020. Presidential elections 2nd round National representation Hauts-de-Seine elected the following members of the National Assembly in the 2024 legislative election: In the Senate, Hauts-de-Seine is represented by: • André Gattolin (LREM), since 2011 • Xavier Iacovelli (LREM), since 2017 • Roger Karoutchi (LR), since 2009 • Christine Lavarde (LR), since 2017 • Hervé Marseille (UDI), since 2011 • Pierre Ouzoulias (PCF), since 2017 • Philippe Pemezec (LR), since 2017 ==Tourism==

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