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ÃŽle Saint-Germain () is an island located in the
Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in northern France. Its drainage basin is in the Paris Basin (a geological relative lowland) covering most of northern France. It rises at Source-Seine, northwest of Dijon in northeastern France in the Langres plat ...
in
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in the département of
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near
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,
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. It once housed a military camp that was later abandoned, but the island was redeveloped in 1980. The island is divided into two parts. The developed side includes offices and a residential area. The other side includes a park that includes the '' Tour aux Figures'' (Tower of Figures

a monumental sculpture by
Jean Dubuffet Jean Philippe Arthur Dubuffet (; 31 July 1901 – 12 May 1985) was a French Painting, painter and sculpture, sculptor of the School of Paris, École de Paris (School of Paris). His idealistic approach to aesthetics embraced so-called "low art" a ...
. The
Île Seguin Île Seguin (, ''Seguin Island'') is an island on the Seine river between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sèvres, in the west suburbs of Paris, France. It has a surface area of approximately 11.5 hectares (28 acres), and is positioned opposite Meudon ...
is downstream.


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File:Ile saint-germain mare.jpg, Frog pond in the park of ÃŽle Saint-Germain File:Pont ile st germain.jpg, The gateway File:ÃŽle Saint-Germain 001.JPG, Western tip of the island with the houses of artists Islands of the River Seine Islands of Hauts-de-Seine ÃŽle-de-France region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{HautsSeine-geo-stub