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Two chic new faubourgs are centre stage – St Germain and St Honoré, where a new breed of financier built their hôtels particulier.

From The Guardian • Jul. 29, 2011

Flea Market stalls now sell for as much as $50,000 each and are often manned by antique dealers from the fashionable faubourgs, St.-Germain and St.-Honore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Born in the old working-class quarter of Menilmontant, he was a kind of French cockney, with the innate wit, mocking manner, insouciance and unconcern for tomorrow of the poor Parisian from the faubourgs.

From Time Magazine Archive

The people of the faubourgs were out of bed in their houses.

From Marie Antoinette and the Downfall of Royalty by Imbert de Saint-Amand, Arthur Léon, baron

As if one plague were not enough, the city is still alive in the distant faubourgs with revolts.

From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker