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An example is the city of Paris: when old buildings were destroyed, only office and high-rent apartment buildings were constructed in their place, preventing the poor from settling in those neighborhoods. Most were forced to live in the northern suburbs (chiefly in the Seine-Saint-Denis and Val d'oise departments).
In France, a banlieue (UK: / b ɒ n ˈ lj uː /; [1] French: ⓘ) is a suburb of a large city, or all its suburbs taken collectively. Banlieues are divided into autonomous administrative entities and do not constitute part of the city proper. For instance, 80 percent of the inhabitants of the Paris metropolitan area live outside the city of ...
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One of the most affluent areas of France, it is the wealthiest and most expensive suburb of Paris. [3] [4] Together with the 16th and 7th arrondissement of Paris, the town of Neuilly-sur-Seine forms the most affluent and prestigious residential area in the whole of France. [5]
Boulogne-Billancourt (French pronunciation: [bulɔɲ bijɑ̃kuʁ] ⓘ; often colloquially called simply Boulogne, until 1924 Boulogne-sur-Seine, [bulɔɲ syʁ sɛn]) is a wealthy and prestigious commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, located 8.2 km (5 mi) from the centre of Paris.
The area had a population of 13,064,617 as of 2018. [14] Nearly 20% of France's population resides in the region. The table below shows the population growth of the Paris metropolitan area (aire urbaine), i.e. the urban area (pôle urbain) and the commuter belt (couronne périurbaine) surrounding it.
Saint-Denis (/ ˌ s æ̃ d ə ˈ n iː /, French: [sɛ̃d(ə)ni] ⓘ) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 9.4 km (5.8 mi) from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis is the second most populated suburb of Paris (after Boulogne-Billancourt), with a population of 113,116 at the 2020 census
Louveciennes (French pronunciation: [luv(ə)sjɛn] ⓘ) is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris, between Versailles and Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and adjacent to Marly-le-Roi.