Saint-Paul

Saint-Paul stretches from a historic coastal centre into a much larger western urban territory of beaches, hillside settlements and newer development areas. Its current transformation is concentrated around the seafront and the Cambaie plain, where housing, economic activity and regional infrastructure are being reorganised together.

The Front de mer renewal programme combines new streets, public facilities and redevelopment of previously underused land, while the Ecocité Phaonce project plans a mixed district with housing, services, employment, a large park and high-quality public transport. These projects reflect the city’s wider challenge: connecting dispersed neighbourhoods to a stronger urban core while limiting car dependence and making better use of already urbanised land.