Seine-Saint-Denis
Template:Short description Template:Infobox settlement Template:Lang (Template:IPA) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Template:Lang region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as Template:Lang or Template:Lang ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobigny.
In 2019, it had a population of 1,644,903 across 39 communes.<ref name=pop2019>Populations légales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis, INSEE</ref> In French, the learned but rarely used demonym for the inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis is Template:Lang; more common is Template:Lang.
Geography
[edit]The department is surrounded by the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, Paris, Val-d'Oise, and Seine-et-Marne. It is thus one of only five French departments surrounded entirely by other departments of the same region.
Template:Lang is located to the northeast of Paris. It has a surface area of only 236 km2 (91 sq mi), making it one of the smallest departments in France. Seine-Saint-Denis and two other small departments, Template:Lang and Template:Lang, form a ring around Paris, known as the Template:Lang ("little crown"). Since 1 January 2016, together with Paris, they have formed the area of Greater Paris (Grand Paris).
Principal towns
[edit]The most populous commune is Saint-Denis; the prefecture Bobigny is the eleventh-most populous. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 70,000 inhabitants:<ref name=pop2019/>
| Commune | Population (2019) |
|---|---|
| Saint-Denis | 112,852 |
| Montreuil | 111,240 |
| Aubervilliers | 88,948 |
| Aulnay-sous-Bois | 86,969 |
| Drancy | 72,376 |
Administration
[edit]Template:Lang is made up of three [[arrondissements of France|departmental Template:Lang]] and 40 communes:
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History
[edit]Template:Lang was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. It was formed from the part of the (hitherto larger) Seine department to the north and north-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), together with a small slice taken from Template:Lang.
Template:Lang has a history as a left-wing stronghold, belonging to the Template:Lang (red belt) of Paris. The French Communist Party has maintained a continued strong presence in the department, and still controls the city councils in cities such as Template:Lang, Template:Lang and Template:Lang. Until 2008, Template:Lang and Template:Lang were the only departments where the Communist Party had a majority in the general councils but the 2008 cantonal elections saw the socialists become the strongest group at the Template:Lang general council (while the Communist Party gained a majority in Template:Lang and lost it in 2015).
A commune of Template:Lang, Template:Lang, was the scene of the death of two youths which sparked the nationwide riots of autumn 2005. In October and November, 9,000 cars were burned and 3,000 rioters were arrested.
In 2018, the department had the highest crime rate in metropolitan France.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> In 2017, the area was the location of 18% of all drug offences in metropolitan France.<ref name=":0" />
Demographics
[edit]Template:Lang is the French department with the highest proportion of immigrants: 21.7% at the 1999 census (see table below). An immigrant according to INSEE is anyone born non-French within or outside France and as such, this figure does not include people born French but with a migrant background or from overseas France. The ratio of ethnic minorities is difficult to estimate accurately as French law prohibits the collection of ethnic data for census taking purposes.
In 2018, the poverty rate was twice the national average at 28%, the unemployment rate was 3% above the national average, at 12.7%. In 2018, it was estimated that 8–20% of the population in the department were illegal immigrants.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Population development since 1881:Template:Historical populations
Education
[edit]An education study confirmed falling levels of literacy in the area, where the percentage of pupils who had 25 errors or more increased from 5.4% in 1987 to 19.8% in 2015.<ref name=":0" />
Place of birth of residents
[edit]Politics
[edit]The president of the Departmental Council is Stéphane Troussel, first elected in 2012.
Presidential elections 2nd round
[edit]| Election | Winning Candidate | Party | % | 2nd Place Candidate | Party | % | |
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| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2022<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 73.72 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 26.28 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2017<ref name="auto">Template:Cite web</ref> | Emmanuel Macron | LREM | 78.82 | Marine Le Pen | FN | 21.18 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2012 | François Hollande | PS | 65.32 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 34.68 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2007 | Ségolène Royal | PS | 56.54 | Nicolas Sarkozy | UMP | 43.46 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 2002<ref name="auto"/> | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 82.56 | Jean-Marie Le Pen | FN | 17.44 |
| style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 1995<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Lionel Jospin | PS | 51.84 | Jacques Chirac | RPR | 48.16 |
Current National Assembly Representatives
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Tourism
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References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]External links
[edit]- Seine-Saint-Denis Departmental Council Template:In lang
- Prefecture website Template:In lang
- Seine-Saint-Denis Tourist Board
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