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-Famous streets: Champs Elysées
-High-class specialist shops
-Public buildings- Notre Dame Cathedral, Eiffel Tower and the Louvre
Shopping Areas
-Urban areas: Versailles (swallowed up by Paris)
-New towns: Evry
Residential Areas
-Residential suburbs: Western suburbs are rich, eastern suburbs are poor
-Satellite towns: Developed on the fringes of Paris
Industrial Areas
-Manufacturing: Industrial estates in the urban fringes and in satellite towns
-River port: Chemical industries in dockside locations on the River Seine
Open Spaces for Recreation
-Luxembourg Gardens: Was once a garden of a great palace
-Bois de Boulogne: Was once a royal hunting forest