Urbanisation thumb|The beachfront The city is divided into several parts : City centre : groups historic and administrative buildings, and also accommodations, stores, banks, churches, pedestrian streets and places. Fortified town : old-town where are a lot of historic monuments (the castle-museum, the basilica, the belfry, the imperial palace) and also the city hall and the courthouse. it is surrounded by 13th-century ramparts very appreciated today by walkers. Gambetta-Sainte-Beuve : tourist area situated in the northwest of the city, on the edge of the beach and the recreational harbour. Capécure : economic and industrial area, situated in the west of the city, around the harbour. Saint-Pierre (Saint Peter) : former neighborhood of the fishermen, destroyed during World War II and reconstructed after. Chemin Vert (Green path) : zone created in the 1950s, knowing today poverty and unemployment. it is the neighborhood of Franck Ribéry. Dernier Sou (Last penny) : residential area situated in the east of the city. Beaurepaire (Beautiful hideout) : residential area situated in the north of the city. Bréquerecque : residential area situated in the south of the city.
uRBAnIsATION tHumB|The bEachfront the citY Is diVIDeD iNto SeverAl partS : city CentRe : groupS hiStoRic anD adMinIStrAtIVe buILdinGS, anD aLso acCOmmodaTiOns, sTOrEs, banks, chuRChES, pEdestrian sTreets aNd plAces. FortifiEd town : old-tOWN wHEre aRe a lot OF HIstorIc monuMeNts (The CasTle-MuseUM, tHe bAsilica, The bElfry, the ImPerIal palace) and aLso the ciTy hall and the couRThouse. iT is surROuNDeD by 13th-ceNtUry RAMpArts verY AppreCiAtEd TodaY by wAlkers. gamBetTa-saInte-beuve : toUriSt ArEa SiTUated iN THe nORthweST of The ciTY, on THe EdgE of The BeAch and The RecreAtionaL haRboUr. CaPÉCUrE : EcoNomic and IndUstRiaL Area, siTuATED In the West oF ThE city, arounD the harbOur. SAint-piErrE (saInT peter) : Former neigHborhood of the fisHeRmen, destROyed dURinG wOrld wAR ii and rEcOnstruCTEd aFTeR. CHemIn vErT (green patH) : zoNe creAteD In ThE 1950s, knoWInG TOday PoVErty anD UnemPloyment. It is thE neiGhbOrHood oF FranCk RibéRY. deRnIer soU (lAst peNnY) : residentIal aRea SituateD IN tHe eASt of THE CIty. beaurepairE (Beautiful HIdeouT) : ResIDENTial area situatEd in tHE north oF thE citY. BRéQuEreCque : ReSIdeNtIaL aRea siTUated IN THe sOutH OF the CitY.