Until the 1960s it was a working class quartier, composed primarily of workmen, employees, merchants and members of the middle class. These groups of people arrived in the neighborhood during the Renovation of Paris, led by Napoleon III and the architect and urban planner Georges-Eugène Haussmann.
Before the 1960s, this area was a working-class community, consisting primarily of laborers, employees, merchants, and middle-class residents. These groups moved into the neighborhood during the Paris Renovation, initiated by Napoleon III and the architect and urban planner Georges-Eugène Haussmann.