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    Each of the 20 arrondissements of Paris is officially divided into 4 quartiers. Outside administrative use (census statistics and the localisation of...
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    in the "Quartier de l'Europe" and "Butte Chaillot" (now the area of the Place Charles de Gaulle; the Faubourg Saint-Honoré; the "Quartier Saint-Georges"...
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    sarcastically named Beaubourg quartier (Beautiful Neighbourhood) (Rue de la Huchette, Rue Froimon, Rue du Renard-Saint-Merri, Rue Taille pain, Rue Brisemiches...
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  • Brisemiche and rue Baillehoë, which means "Give Joy": in 1388 residents of Saint Merri started a petition demanding the expulsion of "wenches", traders opposed...
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    he founded similar confréries for the parishes Saint-Eustache, Saint-Benoît, Saint-Merri and Saint Sulpice. In 1634, he took on a much more challenging...
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    "Eglise Notre-Dame à Alençon - PA00110692". monumentum.fr. "Eglise Saint-Pierre du quartier de Montsor à Alençon - PA61000043". monumentum.fr. "Halle au blé...
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    be allowed in Paris (Rue de la Huchette, Rue Froimon, Rue du Renard-Saint-Merri, Rue Taille pain, Rue Brisemiches, Rue Champ-Fleury, Rue Trace-putain...
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    was gradually reduced by the army to the streets around cloister of Saint-Merri and crushed on 6 June. The state of emergency lasted until 29 June. 5000...
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    fair began to grow. In 1144 Saint-Sauveur parish was formed, which would give its name to the modern-day quartier Saint-Sauveur. The counts of Flanders...
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  • Sainte-Chapelle palace chapel, Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux, Saint-Louis-en-l'Île, Saint-Merri, Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis, St-Gervais-et-St-Protais, and Temple du Marais...
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