Areas neighbouring the town are Curepipe, Hermitage, Belle Rive, Alma, Saint Pierre, Verdun, Highlands, Mont Ida and Melrose.

Quartier-Militaire is one of many villages in Mauritius to have a private multi-lingual school teaching languages like English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Italian, German and Turkish.

Quartier-Militaire market is a meeting place for buyers and sellers, mainly busy on early Sunday mornings.

There is a bus station, which is a two minute walk away from the market, where people can take buses to get to other places all over the country.

Providence is the major quarter for religious activities, boasting a big Hindu temple and an Islamic cultural centre, which will be the only one in Moka district, is being built there.