Metropolitan Department
Hauts-de-Seine
France · Europe
Hauts-de-Seine is a metropolitan department of France, in Europe. It lies on the Eurasian Plate.
Tectonic Plates
Recorded Natural Hazards (Géorisques)
It has 36 municipalities and 1,654,712 inhabitants. Under the seismic zoning in force since 2011, its highest seismicity is very low (zone 1 of 5). A natural disaster has been declared 349 times since 1982 (one declaration per municipality and decree), mostly for floods (213) and drought (94). The most recent was signed on 15 December 2024. 30 municipalities are covered by an approved natural hazard prevention plan.
Seismicity Zones
Number of municipalities in each zone of the regulatory seismic zoning (from 1, very low, to 5, high).
Natural Disasters Declared Since 1982
Declarations per five-year period.
Most Widespread Events
- 1999Floods and Mudflows · 25 December 199936 municipalities
- 1999Ground Movements · 25 December 199936 municipalities
- 2016Floods and Mudflows · 28 May 201618 municipalities
- 1997Floods and Mudflows · 5 August 199718 municipalities
- 2020Drought (Clay Shrinkage) · 1 July 202013 municipalities
- 2018Floods and Mudflows · 15 January 201813 municipalities
Most Frequently Affected Municipalities
- 21Antony
- 17Bourg-la-Reine
- 17Rueil-Malmaison
- 16Sèvres
- 15Chaville
- 15Meudon
- 14Sceaux
- 13Clamart
Hazards Listed by Municipality
Number of municipalities exposed to each natural hazard according to the departmental major risks file.
Sources: Natural Earth · Smithsonian GVP · NOAA NCEI · IBTrACS · GEM · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Géorisques (ministère de la Transition écologique, BRGM, IRSN), base GASPAR · INSEE