Seine department

Seine was a département in France. It was created as Paris in 1790, and renamed to Seine in 1795. On the 1st of January 1968 it was abolished, together with the department Seine-et-Oise which surrounded it. The area was distributed into 4 departements, Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, and Val-de-Marne. In 1968, about 5.7 million people lived in the area; about 2.5 million lived in the city of Paris.

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Seine Department Media

Seine and its communes before the 1860 enlargement of the City of Paris, with the red links marking the enlargement
Seine and its 81 communes as it existed between 1929 and 1968. The City of Paris, enlarged several times between 1860 and 1929, is now considerably larger in area. Colours show how the department was split in 1968.
Blason departement fr Seine (ancien 75)