Sébastien Oliveau - "Marseille: Why have half of the city's new residents moved to the 3rd arrondissement?

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20 Minutes, 23 January 2022.

https://www.20minutes.fr/marseille/3219787-20220123-marseille-pourquoi-moitie-nouveaux-habitants-ville-investi-3e-arrondissement

DEMOGRAPHY The dynamic birth rate, new construction, housing redevelopment and economic development are just some of the reasons why the 3rd arrondissement is so attractive.

  • Six thousand of Marseille's twelve thousand new residents, according to the legal population figures for France published by INSEE, live in the 3rd arrondissement.
  • A fairly central but disadvantaged district, it is clearly very attractive.
  • Why is it so attractive? Demographer Sébastien Oliveau provides some answers.