Administration of Paris

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As the capital of France, Paris is the seat of France's national government. For the executive, the two chief officers each have their own official residences, which also serve as their offices. The President of France resides at the Élysée Palace in the 8th arrondissement, while the Prime Minister's seat is at the Hôtel Matignon in the 7th arrondissement. Government ministries are located in various parts of the city; many are located in the 7th arrondissement, near the Matignon.

The two houses of the French Parliament are located on the left bank. The upper house, the Senate, meets in the Palais du Luxembourg in the 6th arrondissement, while the more important lower house, the Assemblée Nationale, meets in the Palais Bourbon in the 7th arrondissement. The President of the Senate, the second-highest public official in France after the President of the Republic, resides in the Petit Luxembourg, a small annex to the Palais du Luxembourg.

France's highest courts are located in Paris. The Court of Cassation, the highest court in the judicial order, which reviews criminal and civil cases, is located in the Palais de Justice on the *Île de la Cité*, while the Conseil d'État, which provides legal advice to the executive and acts as Paris has been a *commune* (municipality) since 1834 (and also briefly between 1790 and 1795). At the 1790 division (during the French Revolution) of France into communes, and again in 1834, Paris was a city only half its modern size, composed of 12 arrondissements, but, in 1860, it annexed bordering communes, some entirely, to create the new administrative map of twenty *municipal arrondissements* the city still has today. These municipal subdivisions describe a clockwise spiral outward from its most central, the 1st arrondissement. the highest court in the administrative order, judging litigation against public bodies, is located in the Palais Royal in the 1st arrondissement. The Constitutional Council, an advisory body with ultimate authority on the constitutionality of laws and government decrees, also meets in the Montpensier wing of the Palais Royal.Paris has been a *commune* (municipality) since 1834 (and also briefly between 1790 and 1795). At the 1790 division (during the French Revolution) of France into communes, and again in 1834, Paris was a city only half its modern size, composed of 12 arrondissements, but, in 1860, it annexed bordering communes, some entirely, to create the new administrative map of twenty *municipal arrondissements* the city still has today. These municipal subdivisions describe a clockwise spiral outward from its most central, the 1st arrondissement.

Law no. 2017-257 of February 28, 2017, relating to the status of Paris and metropolitan planning provides in particular for the establishment on January 1, 2019, of a community with a special status bringing together a municipality and a department called "City of Paris", to which additional powers from the police headquarters are transferred.

In 1790, Paris became the *préfecture* (seat) of the Seine *département*, which covered much of the Paris region. In 1968, it was split into four smaller ones: The city of Paris became a distinct *département* of its own, retaining the Seine's departmental number of 75 (originating from the Seine *département'*s position in France's alphabetical list), while three new *départements* of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne were created and given the numbers 92, 93, and 94, respectively. The result of this division is that today Paris's limits as a *département* are exactly those of its limits as a *commune*, a situation unique in France.

Each of Paris's twenty arrondissements has its own town hall and a directly elected council (*conseil d'arrondissement*), which, in turn, elects an arrondissement mayor. A selection of members from each arrondissement council form the Council of Paris (*conseil de Paris*), which, in turn, elects the mayor of Paris.