arrondissement

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение arrondissement в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

A borough, a submunicipal administrative division

An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries

Paris is divided up into twenty ``arrondissements'' or districts The ``First'' is in the center of the city, and the others are laid out in a clockwise manner about this As these are such a basic unit to the city, they are constantly referred to in guides and literature; almost always using simply their associated number (1er, or 2eme etc) The Louvre is in the First, the Arc de Triomphe is in the Eighth In general, the closer to the river the better, and more expensive the area, the 16th arrondissement being the exception (very expensive residential and boring "quartier" but not as near the river as the 7th arr )NB: You can determine the arrondissement of an address from its postal code The last two digits of a Paris address give the arrondissement; 75018 is the eighteenth for example The exception to this rule are addresses with the word ``CEDEX'' appearing in them

A subdivision of a department

Paris is divided up into twenty ``arrondissement'' or districts The ``First'' is in the center of the city, and the others are laid out in a clockwise manner about this As these are such a basic unit to the city, they are constantly referred to in guides and literature; almost always using simply their associated number (1er, or 2em etc) The Louvre is in the First, the Arc de Triomphe is in the Eighth NB: You can determine the arrondissement of an address from its postal code The last two digits of a Paris address give the arrondissement; 75018 is the eighteenth for example The exception to this rule are addresses with the word ``CEDEX'' appearing in them

Связанные Термины

arrondissements

plural of arrondissement

Расстановка переносов

ar·ron·disse·ment

Этимология

() From French arrondissement.