Little Maghreb
Little Maghreb (French: Petit Maghreb) is a neighbourhood in the borough of Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension in Montreal. The neighbourhood is centered on fifteen blocks of Jean Talon Street stretching from Saint-Michel Boulevard in the West to Pie-IX Boulevard in the East. Maghrebi merchants in the area, mainly from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, have joined together to create a Little Maghreb identity for the neighbourhood, in the same way as Chinatown had become a symbol for Chinese Montrealers, and Little Italy had become the focal point of the city's Italian community.Originally a part of the Saint-Michel neighbourhood, the late 1990s marked the beginning of the neighbourhood's Maghrebi flavour. This was a product of the opening of the Dar Al-Arkam Mosque on the corner of Jean-Talon and 17th Avenue and the arrival of thousands of immigrants from Algeria, Morocco, Libya, and Tunisia.Little Maghreb is served by the Saint-Michel Metro station on the Blue Line.
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Rue Jean-Talon Est, Montreal Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
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N 45.56293 ° | E -73.594753 ° |
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Rue Jean-Talon Est 3458
H2A 1W3 Montreal, Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension
Quebec, Canada
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