Demographics
This neighbourhood has been working class at least since the 19th century. Emile Zola set there the plot of his novel L'Assommoir, depicting the life of alcoholic workers.
From the 1920s, the area witnessed a substantial influx of population from Algeria (then part of France). The Algerian population stabilized in the 1950s, while population from other European and African countries increased. Today, a large part of the population is either foreign or from foreign descent. As of 2006 the INSEE estimated the proportion of foreign nationals at 34.6%.
As of 2012, at leas 35% of the residents of Goutte d'Or are of immigrant origin, including West African and Algerian.
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