A quarter is a part of an urban settlement .
3-659: La Baule-les-Pins is a quartier of La Baule-Escoublac , Loire-Atlantique, France. La Baule has two gare SNCFs , the barely-used eponymous station, and the main La-Baule-Escoublac . 47°17′07″N 2°22′16″W / 47.2852°N 2.3711°W / 47.2852; -2.3711 This Loire-Atlantique geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Quarter (urban subdivision) A quarter can be administratively defined and its borders officially designated, and it may have its own administrative structure (subordinate to that of
6-455: A non-administrative but distinct neighbourhood with its own character: for example, a slum quarter. It is often used for a district connected with a particular group of people: for instance, some cities are said to have Jewish quarters , diplomatic quarters or Bohemian quarters . Most ancient Roman cities were divided to four parts, called Quarters, by their two main avenues: the Cardo and
9-688: The city, town or other urban area). Such a division is particularly common in countries like Bulgaria ( Bulgarian : квартал , romanized : kvartal ), Croatia ( četvrt ), France ( Quartier ), Georgia ( კვარტალი , k'vart'ali ), Italy ( Quartiere ), Romania ( Cartier ), and Serbia ( четврт / četvrt ). It may be denoted as a borough (in English-speaking countries ), Portugal / Brazil ( bairro ), Spain ( barrio ); or some other term (e.g. Cambodia ( សង្កាត់ sangkat ), Germany ( Stadtteil ), and Poland ( dzielnica )). Quarter can also refer to
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