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Banlieue /bɑ̃ˈljø/ is the French word for "outskirts." A banlieue can be rich or poor; Versailles, Le Vésinet, Orsay and Neuilly-sur-Seine are affluent banlieues of Paris, and Clichy-sous-Bois is a poor one. The literal meaning of the word is ban-mile (ban-league), originally a zone surrounding a city where no unauthorized trade was permitted. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ... Versailles (pronounced , in French), formerly the de facto capital of the kingdom of France, is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and is still an important administrative and judicial center. ... Le Vésinet is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. ... Musée dOrsay Exterior view in the afternoon Musée dOrsay Inside the main hall The Musée dOrsay is a museum in Paris, situated on the left bank of the River Seine. ... Neuilly-sur-Seine is a commune in the Hauts-de-Seine département in France. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... For other places with the same name, see Clichy. ...

Some dictionaries translate banlieue as suburb, but while both the French word banlieue and the English word suburb both refer to residential areas on the outer edge of a city, in everyday usage their meanings can be quite different. In the United States, the word suburb generally connotates areas of low-density, detached or semi-detached housing, inhabited by the middle and upper classes, whereas in France the word banlieue is more frequently used to describe areas of low-income apartments and social housing. For other uses of dictionary, see dictionary (disambiguation). ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... A residential area is a type of land use where the predominant use is residential. ... The city of Chicago, as seen from the sky A city is an urban area that is differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ... Semi-detached housing (usually abbreviated to semi, as in three-bedroom semi) consists of pairs of houses built side by side as units sharing a party wall and usually in such a way that each houses layout is a mirror image of its twin. ... The middle class (or middle classes) comprises a social group once defined by exception as an intermediate social class between the nobility and the peasantry. ... The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... Poverty is the state of being without, often associated with need, hardship and lack of resources across a wide range of circumstance. ... An apartment estate in Singapore; such blocks make up the majority of public housing in Singapore. ... Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

Euphemism

Since the 1970s and 1980s, the word banlieue has been increasingly used as a euphemism to describe low-income housing projects in which mainly French of foreign decent or foreign immigrants reside, especially around Paris, but also some other large French cities. The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ... The 1980s refers to the years of 1980 to 1989. ... A euphemism is an expression intended by the speaker to be less offensive, disturbing, or troubling to the listener than the word or phrase it replaces, or in the case of doublespeak to make it less troublesome for the speaker. ... Immigration is the act of moving to or settling in another country or region, temporarily or permanently. ...

Since the 1980s petty crime has increased in France, much of it blamed on juvenile delinquency. As a result the banlieues are perceived to have become rather unsafe places to live, and youths from the banlieues are perceived to be one important source of increased petty crimes and uncivic behaviour. As a result of this criminality, the National Front, a far right political party led by Jean-Marie Le Pen, rose to prominence during the early 1990s on a platform of tougher law enforcement and immigration control. Delinquency means failure to do that which is required by law or by duty. ... This article is about the French political party, not the WWII French resistance movement Front national. ... // Political scientists have developed concepts of different ideal types of political parties in order to better compare them with each other. ... Jean-Marie Le Pen Jean-Marie Le Pen (born June 20, 1928, La Trinité-sur-Mer France) is a French far-right nationalist politician, founder and president of the National Front party, and a perennial candidate for the French presidency. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ...

Note that this connotation of the word is mostly restricted to European French. In Quebec and Africa, the word retains its neutral meaning. Recently coined terms used in politics, sociology, and the French media to describe banlieues with high levels of poverty, violence and drug trafficking include zones urbaines sensibles ("sensitive urban areas") and quartiers dits sensibles ("neighbourhoods deemed sensitive"). Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... A boy from an East Cipinang trash dump slum in Jakarta, Indonesia shows his find. ... Violence is any act of aggression and abuse which causes or intends to cause injury, in some cases criminal, or harm to persons, and (by some definitions) animals or property. ... Retail selling Street selling is the bottom of the chain and can be accomplished through purchasing from prostitutes, through cloaked retail stores or refuse houses for users in the act located in red-light districts which often also deal in paraphernalia, dealers marketing merriment at night clubs and other events...

Violent clashes between hundreds of youths and the French Police in the Paris banlieue of Clichy-sous-Bois began on October 27, 2005 and continued for more than seventeen consecutive nights. The 2005 Paris suburb riots were triggered by the electrocution deaths of two teenagers who were, allegedly, attempting to hide from police in an electricity substation. October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Areas of rioting as of 4 November. ... A 115 kV to 41. ...

The Economist magazine has an article, titled "Europe's banlieue," which compares the poverty in the Balkans to that found in Paris's poorer suburbs.[1] The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London, UK. It has been in continuous publication since September 1843. ... Balkan peninsula with northwest border Isonzo-Krka-Sava The Balkans is the historic and geographic name used to describe a region of southeastern Europe. ...

Social situation

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Main article: Social situation in the French suburbs

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Banlieues rouges

The banlieues rouges ("red outskirts districts") are the outskirt districts of Paris where, traditionally, the French Communist Party held mayorships and other elected positions (Ivry-sur-Seine, Châtillon...). As an example, such suburbs would have some streets named after Soviet personalities, such as rue Youri Gagarine. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Ivry-sur-Seine is a commune of the Val-de-Marne département, in France, in the ÃŽle-de-France région. ... Châtillon is a commune and the chief town of a canton of the Hauts-de-Seine département, in suburban Paris, France. ... Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (Russian: , Jurij Alekseevič Gagarin; March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968), Hero of the Soviet Union, was a Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 became the first human in space and the first human to orbit the Earth. ...

See also

• aire urbaine

In France an aire urbaine (literally: urban area) is roughly the equivalent of a US Metropolitan Statistical Area. ...

External links

• (French) Audio book (mp3) of the introduction and first chapter of Éric Maurin's book : Le ghetto français, enquête sur le séparatisme social
• So long, Marianne on burning girls and burning cars in France by Alice Schwarzer at signandsight.com]
• The price of disdain French author Francois Bon has spent years giving writing workshops to youths in the suburbs that are now being set ablaze. He looks critically at where the violence originated and with despair at where it's headed, at signandsight.com
• French Riots Special A dossier with four related feature articles as well as a comprehensive collection of international voices from In Today's Feuilletons and the Magazine Roundup of sighandsight.com
• From Paris to Cairo: Resistance of the Unacculturated