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Seine

the smallest, but most_imporentirely surrounded by the department tant and wealthiest department of France, SEINE-ET-MARNE Seine-et-Oise; area, 185 square miles.

The surface is generally level, with few hills-Mount Valerien, 450 feet (strongly fortified), and Montmartre, 344 feet, being the highest. The soil is calcareous, but rendered productive by manure supplied from the capital. It is traversed by the river Seine. Products, principally vegetables and fruits for the Paris markets; capital, Paris. Pop. about 4,150,000.

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