History of the Hauts-de-Seine

The history of the Hauts-de-Seine is that of a young department on the administrative level since it was born only in 1968 pursuant to the law of the bearing July 10th, 1964 reorganization from the Paris region. However, the history of the territory of the current department is that of a ground very in the past populated, rich in monuments of various times.

Before the birth of the department

If the department of the Hauts-de-Seine is very recent, the territory was at all times occupied by the man, in particular at the time Gallo-Roman.

Many sovereigns were installed on this territory which was the witness of historical great events such as the assassination of Henri III with Saint-Cloud under the Ancien Mode, where the arrival of the cardinal Fleury with Iso-the-Moulineaux. At the XVIII century, the territory is only one juxtaposition of villages, fields (cereals, vegetables and especially vine) and of various activities such as the manufacture of ceramics in Sevres or the careers.

After the revolution, it is with the Orangerie of Saint-Cloud that Napoleon Bonaparte conquered the capacity at the time of the Coup d'etat of the 18 brumaire.

It will be necessary to await the Restauration and the Monarchie of July so that industrial development begins from the territory what brought a very fast increase in the population. Until after war, the territory developed in a expontentielle way as well economically as in term of population, but without real plan of installation.

The creation of the department

The department of the Hauts-de-Seine today was created by the law of July 10th, 1964 " carrying reorganization of the area parisienne" , which decides to divide the old departments of the the Seine and the Seine-et-Oise.

Until 1964, the Paris region was subdivided in 3 departments, created by the law of March 4th, 1790:

the department of Paris, renamed in 1795 " department of the Seine " (480 km ²),
the department of the Seine-et-Oise (5 600 km ²),
the department of the Seine-et-Marne (5 915 km ²).

The two first will give rise to 7 new departments, the Seine-et-Marne preserving its name and its territory. The law ressuscite the department of Paris which is surrounded by

the Grande crown made up of the departments nonbordering on Paris: Val-d'Oise, Yvelines, the Essonne, Seine-et-Marne.
the Small crown with 3 departments bordering on Paris: Seine-Saint-Denis, the Valley-of-Marne, Hauts-de-Seine

Creation with today

March 2nd 1965: Nanterre is selected like Chef-lieu department

February 25th, 1965: fixing of the chief town of department in Nanterre

December 30th 1966: creation of the District of Antony
July 20th 1967: creation of 40 cantons in the department
September 24th - October 1st, 1967: first cantonal elections
October 4th 1967: first meeting of the General advice
June 1972: opening to the public of the news Prefecture
December 27th 1972: creation of the District of Boulogne-Billancourt

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