arrondissement
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The UDPM spread its structure to cercles and arrondissements (administrative subdivisions) across the land.
a subdivision of a department in France, for purposes of local government administration.
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The best baguettes in Paris come from ovens in Le Boulanger de Monge, Dominque Saibron's remarkable establishment at 123 rue Monge in the 5th 'arrondissement' .
The administration of the governmental system is organized through the levels of nation, region, department, 'arrondissement' , canton, and commune.
The group has just bought the Hotel de la Tremoille, in the eight 'arrondissement' .
Mustering my meagre knowledge of the 8th 'arrondissement' , I remember a museum on the Boulevard Haussman that had a rather good café-restaurant attached.
I am staying right now in the 9th 'arrondissement' , by pure chance across from the apartment building where the composer Georges Bizet was born (26, rue d' la Tour d' Auvergne).
The eviction of some 50 artists from the Grange-aux-Belles squat in the 10th 'arrondissement' took place despite support from the French Ministry of Culture and the local council.
The fire in the Hotel Paris-Opera, on April 15, in the luxury-shopping district of the ‘grands magasins’ department stores in the IX 'arrondissement' , still exacts its toll of human misery.
This is a guide to Paris restaurants, to which I contributed this year with reviews of the food scene in the 4th 'arrondissement' .
The latter, however, had far greater authority and fewer rivals to contend with, for though elected councils were retained at departmental, 'arrondissement' and municipal level, they met infrequently.
Last Saturday, my sister Céline and I went to visit our dear grandmother, whom we call Mamy (although my sister insists on spelling it Mamie), who lives not far from us, in the 17th 'arrondissement' .
This anonymous, seedy stretch of the 10th 'arrondissement' does not yet feature on the tourist track.
When I met Tantine, she was living very modestly in a fashionable 'arrondissement' , because a good address is more important than a nice apartment.
If you like, I can recommend a salon in the third 'arrondissement' …
Each 'arrondissement' has its own mayor; ours in the Thirteenth is Serge Blisko.
We wandered through the busy streets of the 18th 'arrondissement' , taking in the sights and sounds.
Le Printemps (literally ‘the spring’) is one of the big department stores of Paris, located in the 9th 'arrondissement' on boulevard Haussmann.
Located in the fourteenth 'arrondissement' , an unassuming but typical residential area in the south of Paris, the apartments occupy a T-shaped site.
This morning, Maxence and I went for a stroll towards Barbès and Chateau-Rouge, a more ethnic part of the 18th 'arrondissement' , just a few blocks from where we live.
Elections were indirect, and membership of electoral colleges at 'arrondissement' level required a minimum of 150 francs a year income from property or real estate.
The most sought-after and expensive 'arrondissements' are the 7th, 8th, 15th, 16th and 17th.
Local governmental organization is based on seven departements, or provinces, headed by prefects (similar to governors), thirty-two 'arrondissements' , and one hundred fifty communes.
These regions are further subdivided into 'arrondissements' , then into communes or townships.
But eventually, as the full moon rose over the eastern 'arrondissements' , it was time to head back to the Gare du Nord for my return journey.
From these projects, the excellence of the French public transport system ensures that the most fashionable 'arrondissements' are within easy reach of the most inveterate thief and vandal.
The UDPM spread its structure to cercles and 'arrondissements' (administrative subdivisions) across the land.
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