Seine department facts for kids

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 departement 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.

Images for kids

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  Seine and its communes before the 1860 enlargement of the City of Paris, with the red links marking the enlargement

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  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.

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  Paris and the petite couronne: the four departments created in 1968 when the Seine and the Seine-et-Oise departments were abolished. The four departments are altogether larger than the former Seine department.

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In Spanish: Sena (departamento) para niños