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The Seine (/ s eɪ n, s ɛ n / sayn, sen, [1] French: ⓘ) is a 777-kilometre-long (483 mi) river in northern France. [2] Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. [3]
It was considered that the Seine department was now too large to be governed effectively. On 1 January 1968, it was split into four smaller departments: Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. The latter three also include parts of the former Seine-et-Oise department, which was also abolished at the same time.
Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation: [sɛn sɛ̃ d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the Île-de-France region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as quatre-vingt treize or neuf trois ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93.
Seine-Maritime (French pronunciation: [sɛn maʁitim] ⓘ) is a department of France in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the northern coast of France, at the mouth of the Seine , and includes the cities of Rouen and Le Havre .
Seine-et-Marne (French pronunciation: [sɛn e maʁn] ⓘ) is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne , it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its eastern half.
EPTB Seine Grands Lacs is a public territorial basin institution created in 1969 under the name of Institution interdépartementale des barrages-réservoirs du bassin de la Seine. Grouping together the departments of the former Seine , its mission is to reduce the winter and spring floods of the Seine and its main tributaries (the Yonne , Marne ...
Seine-et-Oise was created on 4 March 1790 during the French Revolution. [2] Its name comes from the two main rivers (Seine River and Oise River) flowing through it.It completely surrounded the Seine department (which included Paris itself), although it was at its narrowest just east of Seine between that department and the Seine-et-Marne department, which still exists today.
The Battles of Barfleur and La Hogue were naval battles fought off Barfleur and Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue in the 17th century.. The Normandy coast was the location, during World War II, of the main Allied landings in France; the unavailability of significant harbours caused the Allies to construct artificial harbours at Arromanches and Omaha Beach.