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EPTB Seine Grands Lacs
EPTB Seine Grands Lacs is a public territorial basin institution created in 1969 under the name of ''Institution interdépartementale des barrages-réservoirs du bassin de la Seine''. Grouping together the departments of the former Seine, its mission is to reduce the winter and spring floods of the Seine and its main tributaries (the Yonne, Marne (department), Marne and Aube) and to support their summer and autumn flows. The EPTB Seine Grands Lacs acts within the framework of the Seine Plan to reduce the vulnerability of territories to flooding. It was formerly known as ''Grands lacs de Seine''. By extension, the term "Grands lacs de Seine" also refers to all the artificial lakes in Burgundy and Champagne-Ardenne, built and managed by this establishment. Their total surface area is 101 Square kilometre, km2, equivalent to that of the city of Paris.(fr) EPTB Seine Grands Lacs is currently working on a project to build a new structure in the Bassée area (Seine-et-Marne), designed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of France
The Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, as well as both senior and junior minister (government), ministers. The Council of Ministers, the main executive organ of the government, was established in the Constitution of France, Constitution in 1958. Its members meet weekly at the Élysée Palace in Paris. The meetings are presided over by the president of France, the head of state, although the officeholder is not a member of the government. The Prime Minister may designate ministers to be titled as ministers of state (), who are the most senior, followed in protocol order by ministers (), ministers delegate (), whereas junior ministers are titled as secretaries of state (). All members of the government, who are appointed by the president following the recommendation of the prim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
