Journal · Neighbourhoods · February 2026
Where international clients actually live in Paris.
A map of seven discreet quarters — and why the same names appear in every relocation file.
Paris has twenty arrondissements. International clients live in seven of them, and most of those seven cluster on the Right Bank between the Arc de Triomphe and the Bois de Boulogne.
The reasons are operational, not aesthetic. International schools sit in specific addresses. Embassies and corporate Paris offices anchor specific streets. Bank private offices, English-speaking medical practitioners and discreet syndic relationships sit inside specific buildings.
What follows is the map the maison hands to every new client on the first call — refined over years of placing executives, families, diplomats and founders into Paris addresses they did not yet know to ask for.
The reasons are operational, not aesthetic.
8th — Triangle d'Or
The quietest concentration of corporate Paris. Avenue Montaigne, Avenue George V, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. Discreet apartment buildings, hotels that operate as social addresses, two-minute walks to most luxury houses.
- · Best suited for: executives, founders, family offices
- · Streets to know: Avenue Montaigne, rue François 1er, Avenue Marceau
- · Schools nearby: International School of Paris (15 min), EIB Monceau (8 min)
- · Codes: doormen, courtyard parking, syndic-managed buildings
16th — Trocadéro, Passy, Auteuil
The traditional address of long-stay international families. Quiet streets, large family apartments, the densest concentration of bilingual primary schools in Paris.
- · Best suited for: families, long-stay residencies, diplomats
- · Streets to know: rue de la Pompe, rue de Passy, Avenue Henri Martin
- · Schools nearby: Marymount, Lennen Bilingual, EIB Étoile, ISP
- · Codes: 1900s Haussmannian buildings, fireplaces, service entrances
7th — Eiffel, Invalides, Gros Caillou
A small, dense quarter that combines diplomatic Paris (UNESCO, embassies) with the most photographed view in the country. Suited to short-stay assignments and one- to two-year residencies.
- · Best suited for: diplomats, two-year assignments, founders without children
- · Streets to know: rue Cler, Avenue Bosquet, rue Saint-Dominique
- · Schools nearby: EIB Victor Hugo (10 min)
- · Codes: pre-war stone buildings, view-driven pricing, walking-distance ministries
17th — Monceau, Plaine Monceau
The quieter, less-photographed cousin of the 8th. Park-adjacent family apartments, a serious medical infrastructure, and one of the strongest concentrations of English-speaking GPs in Paris.
- · Best suited for: families with young children, medical-adjacent assignments
- · Streets to know: Boulevard de Courcelles, rue de Prony, Avenue de Wagram
- · Schools nearby: EIB Monceau, École Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel (15 min)
- · Codes: park views, doctor concentration around rue de Phalsbourg
Saint-Germain-des-Prés & Le Marais
The Left and Right Bank of editorial Paris. Lower ceilings, more cobblestones, more cafés. The two quarters where international founders and creative-industry executives invariably want to live.
- · Best suited for: founders, creative executives, single residents and couples
- · Streets to know: rue de Seine, rue Jacob (St-Germain) · rue de Turenne, rue Vieille du Temple (Marais)
- · Schools nearby: École Alsacienne (Saint-Germain side), EIB Etoile (slightly further)
- · Codes: 17th-century buildings, courtyard apartments, walking-distance galleries
Neuilly-sur-Seine
Technically outside Paris, operationally indistinguishable. A long-stay favourite for HR mobility files with school-age children. House-and-garden footprints that the city cannot offer.
- · Best suited for: families with two or more children, three- to five-year assignments
- · Streets to know: Avenue Charles de Gaulle, rue de Longchamp, Boulevard d'Inkermann
- · Schools nearby: ISP (in Neuilly), American School of Paris (Saint-Cloud, 12 min)
- · Codes: gated buildings, two-car parking, garden townhouses
Boulogne-Billancourt & Saint-Cloud
The corporate-mobility belt. Significant for executives at LVMH, Renault, Thales and the broader business district of the western Île-de-France. Larger apartments at lower per-square-metre pricing than the 16th.
- · Best suited for: corporate assignees, families on a structured mobility package
- · Streets to know: Avenue du Général Leclerc, rue de Sèvres (Boulogne)
- · Schools nearby: American School of Paris, EIB de la Jonchère
- · Codes: 1930s art-deco apartments, riverside walks, RER & Metro 9 access
These are not the only quarters in Paris. They are the quarters in which the maison's files consistently close. The full street-by-street recommendation is reserved for clients on engagement.