Most so-called Parisians live outside the historic inner city, in a patchwork of communes and communities that lie beyond the outer ring road.

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Separated by razor wire from a busy road, it is a clean but slightly run-down patchwork of pastel-colored bungalows that house 70 orphaned, abandoned or abused children, from newborns to kids age 6.

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