Beginning life in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries as modest subdivisions for the working class, these much-coveted neighbourhoods are now home to the city's bourgeois-bohemian, but nevertheless retain an authentic atmosphere that evokes a Paris of days gone by.

BBC: Country village charm in the heart of Paris

You only have to scratch the surface of Richmond's proud, bourgeois exterior to find the real economic difficulties that lie beneath.

ECONOMIST: The north-north divide

Had Mme Bourgeois's bequest been the only complication, Mr Robinson might still be a minister today.

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