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department of See also:northern See also:France which has See also:Paris as its See also:chief See also:town, formed in 1790 of See also:part of the See also:province of Ile-de-France. It is entirely surrounded by the department of Seine-et-See also:Oise, from which it is separated at certain parts by the Seine, the See also:Marne and the Bievre. The See also:area of the department is only 185 sq. m., and of this See also:surface about a See also:sixth is occupied by Paris; the suburban towns also are See also:close together and very populous. In actual See also:population (3,848,618 in 1906) as well as in See also:density (23.7 persons per See also:acre) it holds the first See also:place. Flowing from See also:south-See also:east to See also:north-See also:west through the department, the Seine forms three loops: on the right it receives above Paris ` the Marne, and below Paris the Rouillon, and on the See also:left See also:hand the Bievre within the precincts of the See also:city. The left See also:bank of the Seine is in See also:general higher than the right, and consists of the Villejuif and See also:Chatillon plateaus separated by the Bievre; the highest point (56o ft.) is above Chatillon and the lowest (105) at the exit of the Seine. Below Paris the See also:river flows between the See also:plain of Gennevilliers and See also:Nanterre (commanded by Mont Valerien) on the left and the plain of St See also:Denis on the right. On the right See also:side, to the east of Paris, are the heights of Avron and See also:Vincennes commanding the course of the Marne. Communication is further facilitated by canals. See also:Market gardening is the chief agricultural See also:industry, and by means of See also:irrigation and manuring the See also:soil is made to yield from ten to eleven crops per annum. Some districts are specially celebrated, See also:Montreuil for its peaches, Fontenay-aux-See also:Roses for its strawberries and roses, and other places for See also:flowers and nurseries. The plain of Gennevilliers fertilized by the sewage See also:water of Paris yields large quantities of vegetables.

Milch-cows are reared in large See also:

numbers. The See also:principal See also:woods (See also:Boulogne and Vincennes) belong to Paris. It is partly owing to the number of quarries in the See also:district that Paris owes its origin: Chatillon and Montrouge in the south yield freestone, and Bagneux and Clamart in the south and Montreuil and Romainville in the east possess the richest See also:plaster quarries in France. Within the See also:circuit of Paris are certain old quarries now forming the catacombs. Most of the See also:industrial establishments in the department are situated in Paris or at St Denis (qq.v.). The department is traversed by all the railway lines which converge in Paris, and also contains the inner circuit railway (Chemin de Fer de Ceinture) and part of the See also:outer circuit. There are 3 arrondissements (Paris, St Denis, and Sceaux), 41 cantons and 78 communes. The department forms the archiepiscopal See also:diocese of Paris, falls within the See also:jurisdiction of the Paris See also:court of See also:appeal and the academie (educational See also:division) of Paris, and is divided between the II., III., IV., V. and VI carps d'armee. The chief places besides Paris are St Denis, See also:Asnieres, See also:Aubervilliers, Boulogne-sur-Seine, See also:Clichy-sur-Seine, See also:Courbevoie, Levallois-Perret, Neuilly-sur-Seine, See also:Pantin, St Ouen, See also:Colombes, Charenton, Ivry-sur-Seine, Montreuil-sous-Bois, Nanterre, Nogent-. sur-Marne, Vincennes and See also:Arcueil.

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