Seine-Saint-Denis (French pronunciation:[sɛnsɛ̃d(ə)ni]) is a department of France located in the Grand Parismetropolis in the Île-de-Franceregion. 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. Its prefecture is Bobigny.
In 2019, it had a population of 1,644,903 across 39 communes. In French, the learned but rarely used demonym for the inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis is Séquano-Dionysiens; more common is Dionysiens.
The Île-de-France (/ˌiːldəˈfrɒ̃s/; French:[ildəfʁɑ̃s]; lit.'Island of France') is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Containing the capital city of France, Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the Paris Region (French: Région parisienne, pronounced[ʁeʒjɔ̃paʁizjɛn]). Île-de-France is densely populated and retains a prime economic position on the national stage, and it covers 12,012 square kilometres (4,638 square miles), about 2% of metropolitan French territory. Its 2017 population was nearly one-fifth of the national total.
The region is made up of eight administrative departments: Paris, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne, Val-de-Marne, Val-d'Oise and Yvelines. It was created as the "District of the Paris Region" in 1961. In 1976, when its status was aligned with the French administrative regions created in 1972, it was renamed after the historic province of Île-de-France. Residents are sometimes referred to as Franciliens, an administrative word created in the 1980s. The GDP of the region in 2019 was nearly one-third of the French, and 5% of the European Union's. It has the highest per capita GDP of any French region.
Seine-Saint-Denis in the context of Métropole du Grand Paris
The Metropolis of Greater Paris (French: Métropole du Grand Paris, pronounced[metʁopɔldyɡʁɑ̃paʁi]), also known as Greater Paris, is a métropole covering the City of Paris and its nearest surrounding suburbs that was created from Sarkozy's renovation of the city.
Hauts-de-Seine is best known for containing the modern office, cinema and shopping complex La Défense, one of Grand Paris's main economic centres and one of Europe's major business districts. Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest departments in France; it had the highest GDP per capita in France at €107,800 in 2020. Its inhabitants are called Altoséquanais (masculine) and Altoséquanaises (feminine) in French.
Seine-Saint-Denis in the context of Seine (department)
Seine (French:[sɛn]) is a former department of France (1795–1968), which encompassed Paris and its immediate suburbs. Named after the river Seine which flowed through it, it was the only enclaved department of France, being surrounded entirely by the former Seine-et-Oise department.
Line 7 began operating in 1910 and, along with Line 13, is one of the only two Métro lines currently into branched operation. Line 3 also was meant to branch at Gambetta, but this was cancelled in favor of a branch becoming line 3bis. Line 7 did originally split north, at Louis Blanc, but a notable difference in usage between the two branches (due to Porte de la Vilette being a large bus hub serving the neighbouring Seine-Saint-Denis department) had the branch heading to Place du Danube separated in 1967 to become Line 7bis. In 1982, a new branch was added in the southeast of Maison Blanche and heading towards Villejuif. Line 7 has only steel rails.