Compans-Caffarelli is above all a business district.
Located between Boulevard Lascrosses and Boulevard de la Marquette, it concentrates more than 200,000 m2 of offices, hotels and housing.
It is separated in two by the public garden of Compans-Caffarelli containing a Japanese garden registered as a remarkable garden of France.
The typology of this neighborhood tells a faubourienne story common to all large metropolises.
Formerly a market garden, its proximity to the Matabiau train station has made it an obvious neighborhood for railway workers.
The suburb offers all the advantages of the hyper-center without its disadvantages: quietness and charm still accessible, representation of a varied social fabric, an efficient transportation network.
There are still many typical old railwaymen’s houses with small gardens in extension of the main building. For shopping enthusiasts of all kinds, Faubourg Bonnefoy is a neighborhood that mixes a village feel with modernity, with many shops, boutiques, a cultural center and a large supermarket.
