Subject: Re: Parisian enclave?<br/>
Date: Jul 11, 2001 @ 23:27<br/>
Author: sanfrancoins@yahoo.com (sanfrancoins@...)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-858788938">I heard about this one as well, that the City of Paris owned the <br/>
source of the Seine River.<br/>
<br/>
Apparently Baron Hausmann, who re-built Paris in the 19th century, <br/>
thought the City of Paris should own the source which it now does:<br/>
<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm">http://www.cplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm</a><br/>
<br/>
We know that Paris owns the land around the source but I am not sure <br/>
about the jurisdiction. Is the source actually part of the City of <br/>
Paris? I don&#39;t know but I&#39;ll see if someone in the nearby town of <br/>
Saint-Germain Source-Seine (population: 50) will tell me ...<br/>
<br/>
Now, let me see if I can find an email address ...<br/>
<br/>
Jonathan<br/>
<br/>
<blockquote><span title="qreply"> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., &quot;Brendan Whyte&quot; &lt;brwhyte@h...&gt; wrote:<br/>
&gt; I checked French topo sheet #29, at 1:100 000 (Serie Verte) and <br/>
although the <br/>
&gt; source and St Germain-sur-Seine are marked, there is no indication <br/>
of Paris <br/>
&gt; City ownership. A commune boundary seems to follow the river for a <br/>
short <br/>
&gt; distance from its source.<br/>
&gt; Perhaps on a 1:25 ooo map?<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; B<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; &gt;From: Peter Smaardijk &lt;peter.smaardijk@a...&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...<br/>
&gt; &gt;To: &quot;BoundaryPoint@y...&quot; &lt;BoundaryPoint@y...&gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Parisian enclave?<br/>
&gt; &gt;Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:05:09 +0100<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;The city of Paris (which is a departement in it&#39;s own right) owns <br/>
the <br/>
&gt; &gt;source of the river Seine. It<br/>
&gt; &gt;was bought in the 19th century. I wonder whether it&#39;s only a <br/>
question of <br/>
&gt; &gt;property, or that this tiny<br/>
&gt; &gt;spot is actually a part of the departement Ville de Paris (used to <br/>
be <br/>
&gt; &gt;called &#39;Seine&#39;, which explains<br/>
&gt; &gt;the departemental number 75, alphabetically wedged in between <br/>
Savoie <br/>
&gt; &gt;(Haute) and Seine-Maritime). In<br/>
&gt; &gt;that case, it is yet another departemental enclave in France <br/>
(apart from <br/>
&gt; &gt;the five Arif mentions on<br/>
&gt; &gt;his web site). If not, it is still a nice oddity. Does it ressort <br/>
under the <br/>
&gt; &gt;Parisian public gardens<br/>
&gt; &gt;service? A long trip for mowing the lawn.<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.canalplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm">http://www.canalplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm</a><br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; &gt;Peter S.<br/>
&gt; &gt;<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; <br/>
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