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SEINE-ET-MAUNK. 



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fa* MTV in wriow iHfsrtions. and afford agreeable and 

 walk, to tb. Parisian.. Tb. Bois-ds-Boulogne sspe- 

 embellished by the emperor Napoleonll I. with 



FtariS manufactures sod commerce of the department the reader 

 k referred to the article on PABIS. 



Tbe department is divided into S arrondiss* ments, which, with their 

 abdhrWoos and population, are as follows : 



*e., are technically in the Moond arrondusement. 



S. In the second arroudUeement the chief town. St.-Dcnu, is the 

 of a teparaU article. [Dmn, ST.] AvlxrvMieri, formerly 

 it-at*-Vcrliu, a abort dutanoe aE. from St-Denis, has a 

 ___ church, and about 2500 inhabitants. It was the head- 

 quarters of Henri IV., during the siege of Paria; and was the scene 

 of some bard fighting in 1815. Autevii, a pretty village of about 

 4060 inhabitants, is situated on the eastern edge of the Bois-de-Boulogne 

 on a hill above the right bank of the Seine, and within the great 

 tmtiia i wall of Paris. Satignolltt, a rapidly extending suburb 

 adjoining Paris on the north-west, has a population of about 20,000. 

 It stands on high ground part of the plateau of Monseaux. Belle- 

 nlie, the great resort of the working population of Paria on holidays, 

 ifamli on high ground to the north-east of the city, and has a popu- 

 lation of above 20,000. In this suburb are numerous schools and 

 industrial establishments, and public gardens and wine-j-hops without 

 number. BotUoynt, on the western side of the Bois-de Boulogne and 

 ear the right bank of the Seine, has a handsome parish church, and 

 about 6000 inhabitants. Ckapellt-St.-Dmit, between Moutmartre and 

 Lsv-Villete, and within the bastioned wail of Paris, is a large manu- 

 facturing suburb, with about 16,000 inhabitants. Markets for the 

 sale of milk-cows, pigs, calves, and fat cattle are held here. C/taronne, 

 a suburb of Paris, lies to the south-east of the cemetery of Pcre-La- 

 Chaise, and has about 5000 inhabitants. Clicky-la-Garcnne, south-west 

 of St-Denis, on the right bank of the Seine, near the Versailles rail- 

 way ; hat several establishments for the manufacture of white-lead, 

 sal-ammoniac, glue, catgut, printing and other paper, cardboard, 

 small shot, lead-pipe,' and sheet-lead, and about 4000 inhabitants. 

 dsurtevote, on the left bank of the Seine, and on the Versailles rail- 

 way, a well built place with about 6000 inhabitants. Montmartre, 

 {mediately north of Paris, is built on a high hill of gypsum, has a 

 church which dates from the 12th century, and a manufacturing popu- 

 lation of about 7000. Nanttrre, a small place of about 3000 inhabit- 

 ants, and the birthplace of .Sainte-Genevieve, is situated west of 

 Courtevoie, on the railway to St.-Germain. Neuilly, about 5 miles 

 S.W. from St-Denis, stands on the Seine, which is here crossed by 

 a beautiful stone bridge of five arches. The houses of the town 

 an generally modern and well built. The population of the com- 

 mune is about 10,000. The chateau of Neuilly, the usual residence 

 of the late king Louis Philippe, was destroyed during the revolution 

 of 1848. Panlin, on the Ourcq Canal, E. of La-Villette, stands in a 

 plain, and comprises a number of well-built country-houses. There 

 are manufactories for cotton and woollen yarn, in which steam-power 

 is employed; gypsum is quarried, and there are lime-kilns. The 

 chief trade is in corn, flour, wine, brandy, vinegar, and plaster of 

 Paris. Population 2300. Patty, a fashionable suburb of Paris, 

 above the right bank of the Seine, between Auteuil and Chaillot, has 

 mineral springs, and 6800 inhabitants. Romainmlle, south-east of 

 Pantin, has 5000 inhabitants. Suretna, between the left bank of 

 the Seine and Mont Valerien, is situated near the Versailles rail- 

 way, and has a population of 2200. La- ViUette, between the Ourcq 

 Canal and Chapelfe-St-Denis, and near the north-eastern angle of 

 the great bastioned wall of Paris, is a large suburb, with about 

 13,000 inhabitants, who manufacture soap, paper, spirits, beer, 

 ohemioaU, oil, sugar, *c. 



S. In the third arrondissement the chief town is Sceaiuc, situated 

 on a hill a few miles S. of Paris, in 48 46' 88" N. lat, 2 18' E. long., 

 and has a tribunal of first instance and about 2000 inhabitants. 

 Sceaux formerly had a noble mansion and park belonging to the 

 Duke of Maine, and after him to the Duke of Penthievre. During 

 the Revolution it was sold, and demolished by the purchaser; and 

 the extensive park, of more than 800 acres, broken up for agricultu- 

 ral purposes, with the exception of the garden of the menagerie, 

 which wsji purchased by some private individuals, and thrown open 

 as pleasure-ground for the public, still remains. The town is 

 plisssntly situated, and has a number of good houses, and a hand- 

 some church. At lome distance east of the town, and near the left 

 bank of the Bievre, the cattle-market of Sceaux is held. Arcueil a 

 village between Soeaux and Paris, has 2800 inhabitants, and an aque- 



duct which supplies the fountains in the south part of Paris 'with 

 water. Bercy, N.E. of Sceaux, and within the bastioned wall of 

 Paris, is a large suburb on the right bank of the Seine, and has about 

 8000 inhabitants. It is the great entrepot for wine, brandy, and oil 

 for the supply of Paris, and contains large sugar-refineries, vinegar- 

 works, timber-yards, and tan-yards. ourg-la-Reine, a well-built 

 village, situated in a hollow about a mile E. from Soeaux, near the 

 left bank of Bievre, has 1 500 inhabitants. Condorcet, who committed 

 suicide here in 1794, is buried in the churchyard. Ckarmton-le-Pont, 

 along the east banks of the Seine and Marne, has 3500 inhabitants, 

 a lunatic asylum, and foundries for the manufacture of steam machi- 

 nery. The bridge across the Marne connects Charenton with Maitsons- 

 Alfort, situated in the fork between the Seine and the Marne, and 

 famous for its veterinary college. Chowy-le-Roi, a well-built village 

 of 8200 inhabitants, stands on the left bank of the Seine and on the 

 Orleans railway, about 5 miles S. from Paris. Pontenay-aux-Ratcs, a 

 village N. of Sceaux, is famous for the culture of rose-trees, straw- 

 berries, and other fruits : population about 1100. f'onttnay-sous-Hou, 

 at the north-east angle of the park of Vincennes, has a handsome 

 church, and above 8200 inhabitants. Oentilly, an ancient villige 

 consisting of two parts, Petit-Oentilly and Grand-Geutilly, which are 

 now separated by the great bastioned wall of Paris : population of 

 the commune about 10,000. In Grand-Gentilly is the vast lunatic 

 asylum (formerly prison) of Biectre, which is outside tlie walL 

 Crenelle, a suburb of Paris on the left bank of the Seine, has a 

 theatre, a handsome church, and about 4000 inhabitants. Issy, S. of 

 Grenelle, and outside the bastioned wall, has a population of 2700. 

 Near it is Vanves, which is a station on the Versailles railway, and has 

 2500 inhabitants. Ivry, near the left bank of the Seine, between 

 Graud-Gentilly and Charenton, has a manufacturing population of 

 6900. Montreuil-tous-liois, is about a mile N.N.E. from Vincennea, 

 on a fertile hill There is a mansion with a fine park, and there arc 

 a number of country-houses. Leather, porcelain, and beehives are 

 manufactured. The gardens of this place aro unrivalled in the 

 department for the growth of peaches, strawberries, cherries, flowers, 

 and vegetables of all kinds. Large gypsum quarries are worked : 

 population, 5400. Montrouge, a southern suburb of Paris, has about 

 8000 inhabitants. Vaugirard, W. of Montrouge, has a botanical 

 garden, and about 13,000 inhabitants. It lies within the bastioued 

 wall, and contiguous to the inner enceinte of Paris. Vincennei, on 

 the northern edge of the Park of Vinoennes, is about 2 miles E. from 

 Paris, and has about 6000 inhabitants. It is a well-built town. The 

 castle of Vincennes is an ancient fortress ; the walls form a large and 

 regular parallelogram surrounded with ditches and strengthened by 

 eight square towers besides the donjon. The donjon, also square and 

 very lofty, with towers at the angles, stands in the middle of the 

 west side of the fortress. The castle of Vincennes has undergone 

 great alterations, and its ancient features have been intermingled with 

 modern structures. The Sainte-Chapelle is a fine Gothic building 

 commenced by Charles V., and restored after the return of the 

 Bourbons. It contains the monument of the Duke d'Enghien, who 

 was shot at Vincennes, in the ditch of the castle, by order of Napoleon. 

 This fortress is used as a military post, an artillery-school, an arsenal 

 depot of artillery, and a state prison. The castle was saved from the 

 allies in 1815, by the firmness of the governor, General Daumenil, 

 who threatened, if reduced to extremity, to blow it up. Vitry, near 

 the left bank of the Seine, and N. of Choisy-le-Roi, has numerous 

 country-houses and nursery-grounds, and 2500 inhabitants. A little 

 west of it is Villejmf, a pretty place situated on a hill, in which 

 building-stone, millstone, and gypsum are quarried : population 1500. 



The department constitutes the diocese of the archbishop of Paris. 

 It is in the jurisdiction of the High Court, and within the limits of 

 the University-Academy of Paris ; and in the first Military Division, 

 of which the head-quarters are at Paris. It returns 9 members to 

 the Legislative Chamber of the French empire. 



(Dictionnaire de la France; Annuaire pour VAn 1853,- Annuaire 

 da, Commerce ; Official Papers.) 



SEINE-ET-MAltNE, a department of France, bounded N. by the 

 department of the Oise, N.E. by that of Aisne, E. by those of Manic 

 and Aube, S.E. by those of Yonne and Loiret, and \V. by Seinc-ct- 

 Oise. Its greatest length from north-north-east to south-south-west is 

 74 miles; its greatest breadth 45 miles. The area is 2281 '7 square 

 miles. The population in 1841 was 333,311 ; in 1851 it amounted to 

 345,076, giving 151-23 inhabitants to a square mile, or 23 P 35 below the 

 average per square mile for the whole of France. The department is 

 named from its two chief rivers, and formed out of portions of Brie 

 and Gatinais, divisions of Champagne and ile-de-France. 



There are no mountains in the department, nor any hills of consi- 

 derable elevation ; the highest are in the southern part. The surface 

 is generally undulating. The south-east part is occupied by the 

 formations of the cretaceous group ; the rest by the tertiary forma- 

 tions of the Paris basin. Good building-stone is quarried at Chateau- 

 Landon and Nemours, and sandstone fitted for pavement iu the 

 neighbourhood of Fontainebleau. The best millstones in Europe aro 

 dug at La Ferte'-sous-Jouarre, on the Marne, and good alabaster is 

 quarried. Peat is dug in some parts ; and sand, which is valuable for 

 making flint-glass, is procured near Fontainebleau. There are mineral 

 waters at Provins. 



