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Hauts-de-Seine

American  
[oh-duh-sen] / oʊ dəˈsɛn /

noun

  1. a department in N France. 63 sq. mi. (163 sq. km). Nanterre.


Hauts-de-Seine British  
/ odəsɛn /

noun

  1. a department of N central France, in Île-de-France region just west of Paris: formed in 1964. Capital: Nanterre. Pop: 1 470 706 (2003 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)

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The inquiry has been handed to the criminal investigation service in Hauts-de-Seine.

From BBC Feb. 20, 2026

Attal himself is seeking reelection in the Hauts-de-Seine suburbs of western Paris, where he was born on March 16, 1989.

From Seattle Times Jun. 20, 2024

Not far away on the Avenue Georges Clemenceau, lined with plane trees, the préfet who heads the Hauts-de-Seine department has come to survey the wreckage that was the front of the local tax office.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2023

Her close ally and senator for Hauts-de-Seine, Roger Karoutchi, says Mrs Pécresse is a reassuring figure, because of her experience in running the Paris region with its 12 million inhabitants.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2021

It said there had been 65,000 vaccinations in Seine-Saint-Denis, the administrative department with the biggest Muslim population in France, but 150,000 in neighboring Hauts-de-Seine, a less diverse department.

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2010

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