The sitter for this beautiful portrait by Modigliani was Georges Menier, who lived in Lognes, a pretty town in the eastern banlieue of Paris of which he was the mayor. (laurelzuckerman.com)
In 2008, Nadir Dendoune reached the summit of Everest, and held up a handwritten sign - «93» in tribute to the Parisian banlieue where he grew up. (irishtimes.com)
In November 2005, riots spread throughout the suburbs of Paris following the accidental deaths of two teenagers in the poor banlieue district of Clichy - sous - Bois. (criterion.com)