Seine (department)

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.

Seine is a former department of France, which encompassed Paris and its immediate suburbs. It was the only enclaved department of France, being surrounded entirely by the former Seine-et-Oise department. Its prefecture was Paris and its INSEE number was 75. The Seine department was disbanded in 1968 and its territory divided among four new departments: Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne.[1]

  1. ^ "En 1964 naissaient les nouveaux départements de la petite couronne", La Dépêche, 10 July 2014.