Banlieue
Suburb of a large city, especially in France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In France, a banlieue (UK: /bɒnˈljuː/;[1] French: [bɑ̃ljø] ⓘ) 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 Paris.[2]
Beginning in the 1970s, the term banlieue has taken on a particular connotation, becoming a popular word for economically-deprived suburbs featuring low-income housing projects (HLMs) that are home to large immigrant populations. People of foreign descent reside in what are often called poverty traps.[3]