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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