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banlieuenoun
The outskirts of a city, especially in France, inhabited chiefly by poor people living in tenement-style housing
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Banlieuenoun
the territory without the walls, but within the legal limits, of a town or city
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Banlieue
In francophone areas, banlieues are the "outskirts" of a city: the zone around a city that is not necessarily under the city's jurisdiction. Banlieues are translated as "suburbs", as these are also residential areas on the outer edge of a city, but the connotations of the term "banlieue" in France can be different from those in English-speaking countries. The "suburbs" in the United States, for instance, are generally associated with low population density, detached or semi-detached housing and middle and upper class inhabitants. In France banlieues are more frequently areas of low-income apartments and social housing. Thus, the equivalent of most housing in the banlieues in the United States would be "the projects". In the UK, the equivalent would be a "council estate". Banlieues do include single-family home neighborhoods known as quartiers pavillonnaires. And just like the city centre or the city at the core of an urban area, banlieues may be rich, middle-class or poor; Versailles, Le Vésinet, Maisons-Laffitte and Neuilly-sur-Seine are affluent banlieues of Paris, while Clichy-sous-Bois, Bondy and Corbeil-Essonnes are some poor ones.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of banlieue in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of banlieue in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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