Cité
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Cité is a French language word whose dictionary definition is city.
In common parlance (at least in France) the term tends to have a negative nuance implying a high-rise 20th century inner-city HLM like the US term projects or the British term housing estate.
Cité may also mean:
In common parlance (at least in France) the term tends to have a negative nuance implying a high-rise 20th century inner-city HLM like the US term projects or the British term housing estate.
- Cité-jardinGarden city movementThe garden city movement is a method of urban planning that was initiated in 1898 by Sir Ebenezer Howard in the United Kingdom. Garden cities were intended to be planned, self-contained communities surrounded by "greenbelts" , containing proportionate areas of residences, industry and...
is a gardened kind of planned satellite town - Cité ouvrière is tract housingTract housingTract housing is a style of housing development in which multiple similar homes are built on a tract of land which is subdivided into individual small lots...
- Cité d'urgence is housing for refugeeRefugeeA refugee is a person who outside her country of origin or habitual residence because she has suffered persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or because she is a member of a persecuted 'social group'. Such a person may be referred to as an 'asylum seeker' until...
s (including Pied-Noir), and homeless people, as theorised by Abbé Pierre - Cité radieuse is an architectural principle
- Cité HLMHLMHLM , French for "housing at moderated rents" or "rent-controlled housing", is a form of subsidised housing in France. There are approximately four million such residences, housing an estimated 12 million people — nearly one-fifth of the population of France...
is typical twentieth century housing estate
Cité may also mean:
- Île de la CitéÎle de la CitéThe Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural islands in the Seine within the city of Paris . It is the centre of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded....
, an island on the Seine, older center of Paris - Cité (Paris Métro)Cité (Paris Metro)Cité is a metro station on Line 4 of the Paris Métro in the 4th arrondissement of Paris.-Location:Cité station lies underneath the Île de la Cité, one of two islands on the Seine within the historical boundaries of Paris. In relation to the rest of the city, it lies within the 4th arrondissement,...
, the metro station on this island called Île de la Cité - La Cité–LimoilouLa Cité–LimoilouLa Cité–Limoilou is the central borough of Quebec City, the oldest , and the most populous, comprising 21.85% of the city's total population...
in Quebec - CITE-FMCITE-FMCITE-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec.Owned and operated by Astral Media, it broadcasts on 107.3 MHz with an effective radiated power of 42,900 watts using an omnidirectional antenna from the Mount Royal candelabra tower.The station has had an adult...
, a Montreal radio station