Subject: Confusion Ile de la Conférence/Ile des Faisans
Date: Mar 19, 2001 @ 13:35
Author: Peter Smaardijk (Peter Smaardijk <peter.smaardijk@...>)
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> If you are interested in french territorial oddities,
> this is a good site to browse:
>
> http://communes.quid.fr/WEB/GEOPHYS/FR/Q016430.HTM
>
> Mats
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Peter Smaardijk [mailto:peter.smaardijk@...]
> > Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 14:05
> > To: mats@...
> > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Parisian enclave?
> >
> >
> > 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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