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thumb| Sarcelles, ten miles to the north of Paris, is an example of a low-income banlieue. thumb|upright| Neuilly-sur-Seine, adjacent to Paris' sixteenth arrondissement, is an example of a high-income banlieue. In France, a '''''' (; ) is a suburb of a large city, or all its suburbs taken collectively. Banlieues are divided into autonomous administrative entities and do not constitute part of the city proper. For instance, 80percent of the inhabitants of the Paris metropolitan area live outside the city of Paris.