If you look at administrative maps of China, the cities there often have
enclaves way out in the country, because that is the site of a coal mine or
other industry that supplies the city. It is administratively part of the
city, not just property ownership, but that may be because there is no
property ownership as we know it in China.
BW
>From: sanfrancoins@...
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: Parisian enclave?
>Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2001 23:27:44 -0000
>
>I heard about this one as well, that the City of Paris owned the
>source of the Seine River.
>
>Apparently Baron Hausmann, who re-built Paris in the 19th century,
>thought the City of Paris should own the source which it now does:
>
>http://www.cplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm
>
>We know that Paris owns the land around the source but I am not sure
>about the jurisdiction. Is the source actually part of the City of
>Paris? I don't know but I'll see if someone in the nearby town of
>Saint-Germain Source-Seine (population: 50) will tell me ...
>
>Now, let me see if I can find an email address ...
>
>Jonathan
>
>--- In BoundaryPoint@y..., "Brendan Whyte" <brwhyte@h...> wrote:
> > I checked French topo sheet #29, at 1:100 000 (Serie Verte) and
>although the
> > source and St Germain-sur-Seine are marked, there is no indication
>of Paris
> > City ownership. A commune boundary seems to follow the river for a
>short
> > distance from its source.
> > Perhaps on a 1:25 ooo map?
> >
> > B
> >
> >
> > >From: Peter Smaardijk <peter.smaardijk@a...>
> > >Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@y...
> > >To: "BoundaryPoint@y..." <BoundaryPoint@y...>
> > >Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Parisian enclave?
> > >Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:05:09 +0100
> > >
> > >The city of Paris (which is a departement in it's own right) owns
>the
> > >source of the river Seine. It
> > >was bought in the 19th century. I wonder whether it's only a
>question of
> > >property, or that this tiny
> > >spot is actually a part of the departement Ville de Paris (used to
>be
> > >called 'Seine', which explains
> > >the departemental number 75, alphabetically wedged in between
>Savoie
> > >(Haute) and Seine-Maritime). In
> > >that case, it is yet another departemental enclave in France
>(apart from
> > >the five Arif mentions on
> > >his web site). If not, it is still a nice oddity. Does it ressort
>under the
> > >Parisian public gardens
> > >service? A long trip for mowing the lawn.
> > >
> > >http://www.canalplus.fr/html/ete97/bourgogne/st_germain.htm
> > >
> > >Peter S.
> > >
> >
> >
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