quartier
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quartier (plural quartiers)
A quarter or district of an urban settlement in France.
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First, around the ramparts, there is the old neighborhoods, Quartier l'Océan and Quartier les Orangers.
"Quartier Spécial" – Condemned men's block, St. Laurent, 1954 (the guillotine stood at the spot where the photographer took the photo).
Post-war and contemporary Strasbourg: The Quartier de l'Esplanade (1950s) and a tramway (from 1994).
The Quartier Latin was strongly hit by these strikes.
Other languages In Francophone regions (such as France and Quebec ), Chinatown is often referred to as le quartier chinois (the Chinese Quarter; plural: les quartiers chinois).
The largest of these, in terms of number of employees, is known in French as the QCA, or quartier central des affaires; it is in the western part of the City of Paris, in the 2nd, 8th, 9th, 16th and 18th arrondissements.