Goutte d'Or

It is known for its open-air market, le marché Dejean, which sells goods of African origin.

When used for administrative or statistical purposes, the Goutte d'Or may be defined in at least three different ways: This neighbourhood has been working-class since at least the nineteenth century.

Émile Zola set the plot of his novel L'Assommoir there, depicting the life of alcoholic employees.

From the 1920s, the area witnessed a substantial influx of people moving there from Algeria (then a part of France).

[8] As of 2012, at least 35% of the residents of Goutte d'Or were of immigrant origin, including West African and Algerian, a figure unchanged from 2006.