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. Its prefecture is Bobigny .
10-434: In 2019, it had a population of 1,644,903 across 40 communes . In French, the learned but rarely used demonym for the inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis is Séquano-Dionysiens ; more common is Dionysiens . The department is surrounded by the departments of Hauts-de-Seine , Val-de-Marne , Paris , Val-d'Oise , and Seine-et-Marne . It is thus one of only five French departments surrounded entirely by other departments of
20-568: A continued strong presence in the department, and still controls the city councils in cities such as Saint-Denis , Montreuil and La Courneuve . Until 2008, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne were the only departments where the Communist Party had a majority in the general councils but the 2008 cantonal elections saw the socialists become the strongest group at the Seine-Saint-Denis general council (while
30-448: Is difficult to estimate accurately as French law prohibits the collection of ethnic data for census taking purposes. In 2018, the poverty rate was twice the national average at 28%, the unemployment rate was 3% above the national average, at 12.7%. In 2018, it was estimated that 8–20% of the population in the department were illegal immigrants. Population development since 1881: An education study confirmed falling levels of literacy in
40-455: The Communist Party gained a majority in Allier and lost it in 2015). A commune of Seine-Saint-Denis , Clichy-sous-Bois , was the scene of the death of two youths which sparked the nationwide riots of autumn 2005 . In October and November, 9,000 cars were burned and 3,000 rioters were arrested. In 2018, the department had the highest crime rate in metropolitan France. In 2017, the area
50-567: The Departmental Council is Stéphane Troussel , first elected in 2012. Communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department The following is a list of the 40 communes of the Seine-Saint-Denis department of France . Since January 2016, all communes of Seine-Saint-Denis are part of the intercommunality Métropole du Grand Paris St%C3%A9phane Troussel Stéphane Troussel (born 7 April 1970)
60-495: The area of Greater Paris (Grand Paris). [REDACTED] The most populous commune is Saint-Denis ; the prefecture Bobigny is the eleventh-most populous. As of 2019, there are 5 communes with more than 70,000 inhabitants: Seine-Saint-Denis is made up of three departmental arrondissements and 40 communes : [REDACTED] Arrondissement of Saint-Denis : Arrondissement of Bobigny : Arrondissement of Le Raincy : Seine-Saint-Denis
70-590: The area, where the percentage of pupils who had 25 errors or more increased from 5.4% in 1987 to 19.8% in 2015. An immigrant is a person born in a foreign country not having French citizenship at birth. An immigrant may have acquired French citizenship since moving to France, but is still considered an immigrant in French statistics. On the other hand, persons born in France with foreign citizenship (the children of immigrants) are not listed as immigrants. The president of
80-485: The same region. Seine-Saint-Denis is located to the northeast of Paris . It has a surface area of only 236 km (91 sq mi), making it one of the smallest departments in France. Seine-Saint-Denis and two other small departments, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne , form a ring around Paris , known as the Petite Couronne ("little crown"). Since 1 January 2016, together with Paris , they have formed
90-636: Was created in January 1968, through the implementation of a law passed in July 1964. It was formed from the part of the (hitherto larger) Seine department to the north and north-east of the Paris ring road (and the line of the old city walls), together with a small slice taken from Seine-et-Oise . Seine-Saint-Denis has a history as a left-wing stronghold, belonging to the ceinture rouge (red belt) of Paris . The French Communist Party has maintained
100-439: Was the location of 18% of all drug offences in metropolitan France. Seine-Saint-Denis is the French department with the highest proportion of immigrants : 21.7% at the 1999 census (see table below). An immigrant according to INSEE is anyone born non-French within or outside France and as such, this figure does not include people born French but with a migrant background or from overseas France . The ratio of ethnic minorities
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