Talk:Historical quarters of Paris

message: This page would benefit from a map of some kind —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.80.204 (talk • contribs) 
:Agreed, even a rough visual guide would be useful. Kelvingreen (talk) 12:16, 11 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Map?

message: I read 
Easily Paris' most touristic avenue, and almost every commerce along its entire length between the rond-point des Champs-Élysées and its Arc de Triomphe is geared to nothing else. The buildings above the street-side boutiques are for the most part Paris offices or residences for businesses the world over. The streets behind the Avenue and in the neighbourhood surrounding are filled with Haussmanian buildings of large standing that host some offices, but are largely residential.
In the 8th arrondissment I read "In 1999, the population was only 39,314, while the arrondissment contained 171,444 jobs."
How copme these street located in some of most expensive area of Paris center of Paris CBd can be largely residencial.
I know this area and the reality is The streets behind the Avenue and in the neighbourhood surrounding are filled with Haussmanian buildings of large standing that host some residence, but are largely dominated by office
Minato ku (talk) 01:29, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of Paris' buildings host in their majority residences. If you would like to polemicate unto which degree certain buildings host businesses more than residences, and on top of that until what distance such buildings at what distance from the aforementioned avenues should qualify, then go ahead - but compared to most of the other capitals of the world, Paris itself is largely residential, and this is not a detail that should be neglected. THEPROMENADER 18:10, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Les Champs-Élysées 

message: Hello, after this discussion on Talk:Paris, I would like to be a little more explicit. 
The article is well-informed and interesting, but its title implies that all Parisian quarters should be described, not only the quarters in central Paris. Unless I miss something, the article currently says nothing about the peripheral quarters that were annexed by Paris in 1860 (except the highly touristical Montmartre), i.e. approximately 50 % of Paris. So many things could (should) be added to reflect what Paris really is : the Paris Chinatown, Belleville, the 16th district, Bois de Boulogne et de Vincennes, 1960s-1970s high rise quarters, 21st-century quarters (Paris Rive Gauche, maybe even the Batignolles project although it's a little early), etc. I may do it myself one of these days.
About La Défense: if the article is also about the suburbs, then many other places should be mentioned as well... Seudo (talk) 20:57, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, in Paris' periphery there were once entire villages in the communes annexed in 1860 (Vaugirard, Grenelle, Montrouge, Belleville, etc.), but few of these have remained distinct quarters - Montmartre and Belleville (although transformed into a sort of bohemian Chinatown) come to mind… Grenelle (around Charles-Michel at least) has retained some of its former distinction, and Passy and Auteuil have also maintained some of their 'local village' quarter spirit as well… and the faubourg-St.-Antoine… hm. Batignolles was also a village of its own. What (other) quarters do you think are worthy of mention?THEPROMENADER 21:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

text: Nothing wrong with mentioning suburban quarters as long as they are indicated as such (Clignancourt and Montreuil for their flea markets and artist movements (Montreuil particularly). St. Denis is another… and what a market. THEPROMENADER 21:26, 27 August 2013 (UTC)

text: The French word is quartier indeed. But, contrary to the arrondissements, the quarters described it are not official at all (except the 80 official quartiers, which have no practical use and should not be used as a reference), so maybe it would be more natural to use a standard English-language word? Seudo (talk) 21:21, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: True that quartiers would conflict with official administrative quarters (four in each arrondissement). I actually looked up 'quarters' to see if its 'common usage' fits: "a part of a town or city having a specific character or use.". THEPROMENADER 21:29, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The article scope 

message: A 'quartier' is an administrative subdivision of an arrondissement, which explains the move to Districts of Paris... but 'district' is the most acceptable translation for arrondissement.
I'm planning on moving the administrative-quarter info from here to Quarters of Paris (once the modification I made to the 'infobox streets' template I made goes through (it takes a while) and I can more easily check which pages link directly there and modify them accordingly), and moving the practically-unlinked Arrondissements of Paris to Districts of Paris.
Paris' demographical terminology, often overlapping and even countering common English usage, can be complicated, but I think the above should make things much clearer. TP ✎ ✓ 19:08, 18 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to 'Historical quarters of Paris' 

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