And I’m not quite sure of the name. It may begin with M, and the ending sounds something like “luc.” It is supposedly about a 20 minute Metro ride to the city center, and it is reputed to be a quite nice place to live.
Sorry, that’s pretty sketchy information to go on, but does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks much.
Melun?
Perhaps it is Bas-de-Montmartre
Two syllables? Three?
That sounds fairly close. Do you happen to know if it is theoretically possible to see the Eiffel Tower from there?
I’m pretty sure it was two syllables.
–Impossible. Melun is at least 50 km south of Paris. There is no Metro line that goes that far (not even a regional RER). In fact it barely qualifies as a suburb.
Having checked the list of French communes in Île-de-France, I found exactly none that contain the string “luc”. It’s possible that the computer is lying to me for some reason, but, still, it is unlikely that you are remembering right in that regard. There are 136 communes that start with M, and here they are. I didn’t count communes that start with “Le” or “La” or “Les”, and perhaps I should have, but I don’t feel like going back. If you can remember more of the name, I can search again.
Machault
Maffliers
Magnanville
Magny-en-Vexin
Magny-les-Hameaux
Maincy
Maisoncelles-en-Brie
Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais
Maison-Rouge
Maisons-Alfort
Maisons-Laffitte
Maisse
Malakoff
Mandres-les-Roses
Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Ville
Marchémoret
Marcilly
Marcoussis
Marcq
Mareil-en-France
Mareil-le-Guyon
Mareil-Marly
Mareil-sur-Mauldre
Marines
Marles-en-Brie
Marly-la-Ville
Marly-le-Roi
Marnes-la-Coquette
Marolles-en-Beauce
Marolles-en-Brie
Marolles-en-Hurepoix
Marolles-sur-Seine
Mary-sur-Marne
Massy
Massy-Est et Ouest
Mauchamps
Maudétour-en-Vexin
Maule
Maulette
Mauperthuis
Maurecourt
Mauregard
Maurepas
May-en-Multien
Médan
Meigneux
Meilleray
Melz-sur-Seine
Ménerville
Mennecy
Menouville
Méré
Méréville
Méricourt
Mériel
Mérobert
Méry-sur-Marne
Méry-sur-Oise
Mespuits
Messy
Meudon
Meulan
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Mézières-sur-Seine
Mézy-sur-Seine
Millemont
Milly-la-Forêt
Milon-la-Chapelle
Misy-sur-Yonne
Mitry-Mory
Mittainville
Moigny-sur-École
Moisenay
Moisselles
Moisson
Mondeville
Mondreville
Monnerville
Mons-en-Montois
Montainville
Montalet-le-Bois
Montarlot
Montceaux-lès-Provins
Montchauvet
Montcourt-Fromonville
Montdauphin
Montenils
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montesson
Montévrain
Montfermeil
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montgé-en-Goële
Montgeron
Montgeroult
Monthyon
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Guesdier
Montigny-Lencoup
Montigny-lès-Cormeilles
Montigny-sur-Loing
Montlhéry
Montmachoux
Montolivet
Montreuil
Montreuil-sur-Epte
Montrouge
Montry
Montsoult
Morainvilliers
Morangis
Moret-sur-Loing
Morigny-Champigny
Mormant
Morsang-sur-Orge
Morsang-sur-Seine
Mortcerf
Mortery
Mouroux
Mours
Mousseaux-lès-Bray
Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Moussy
Moussy-le-Neuf
Moussy-le-Vieux
Mouy-sur-Seine
Mulcent
As all artists know, you can see the Eiffel Tower from everywhere in Paris, even from basement windows and other locations that do not face it. The only exception to this rule is the view from the restaurant at the top of the Eiffel Tower.
Okay, I have sorted things a bit, and maybe that will help. And then again, maybe it won’t.
First is the list of all communes that start with M and that contain an “L”:
Machault
Maffliers
Magnanville
Magny-les-Hameaux
Maisoncelles-en-Brie
Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais
Maisons-Alfort
Malakoff
Mandres-les-Roses
Mantes-la-Jolie
Mantes-la-Ville
Marcilly
Mareil-en-France
Mareil-le-Guyon
Mareil-Marly
Mareil-sur-Mauldre
Marles-en-Brie
Marly-la-Ville
Marly-le-Roi
Marnes-la-Coquette
Marolles-en-Beauce
Marolles-en-Brie
Marolles-en-Hurepoix
Marolles-sur-Seine
Maule
Maulette
May-en-Multien
Meilleray
Melz-sur-Seine
Ménerville
Menouville
Méréville
Mériel
Meulan
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Millemont
Milly-la-Forêt
Milon-la-Chapelle
Mittainville
Moigny-sur-École
Moisselles
Mondeville
Mondreville
Monnerville
Montainville
Montalet-le-Bois
Montarlot
Montceaux-lès-Provins
Montcourt-Fromonville
Montenils
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montfermeil
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montgé-en-Goële
Montgeroult
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Guesdier
Montigny-lès-Cormeilles
Montlhéry
Montolivet
Montreuil
Montreuil-sur-Epte
Montsoult
Morainvilliers
Mousseaux-lès-Bray
Moussy-le-Neuf
Moussy-le-Vieux
Mulcent
Next are the ones that contain a “C” or a “Q”:
Machault
Maincy
Maisoncelles-en-Brie
Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais
Marchémoret
Marcilly
Marcoussis
Marcq
Mareil-en-France
Marnes-la-Coquette
Marolles-en-Beauce
Mauchamps
Maurecourt
Mennecy
Méricourt
Moigny-sur-École
Montceaux-lès-Provins
Montchauvet
Montcourt-Fromonville
Montigny-Lencoup
Montmachoux
Mortcerf
Mulcent
And finally, here are the ones that contain a “U”:
Machault
Magny-les-Hameaux
Maison-Rouge
Marcoussis
Mareil-le-Guyon
Mareil-sur-Mauldre
Marnes-la-Coquette
Marolles-en-Beauce
Marolles-en-Hurepoix
Marolles-sur-Seine
Mary-sur-Marne
Massy-Est et Ouest
Mauchamps
Maudétour-en-Vexin
Maule
Maulette
Mauperthuis
Maurecourt
Mauregard
Maurepas
May-en-Multien
Meigneux
Melz-sur-Seine
Menouville
Méricourt
Méry-sur-Marne
Méry-sur-Oise
Mespuits
Meudon
Meulan
Meulan-en-Yvelines
Mézières-sur-Seine
Mézy-sur-Seine
Misy-sur-Yonne
Moigny-sur-École
Montceaux-lès-Provins
Montchauvet
Montcourt-Fromonville
Montdauphin
Montereau-Fault-Yonne
Montfort-l'Amaury
Montgeroult
Montigny-le-Bretonneux
Montigny-le-Guesdier
Montigny-Lencoup
Montigny-sur-Loing
Montmachoux
Montreuil
Montreuil-sur-Epte
Montrouge
Montsoult
Moret-sur-Loing
Morsang-sur-Orge
Morsang-sur-Seine
Mouroux
Mours
Mousseaux-lès-Bray
Mousseaux-sur-Seine
Moussy
Moussy-le-Neuf
Moussy-le-Vieux
Mouy-sur-Seine
Mulcent
What is your point of reference? How will you know if someone gets the right one? Do you even know which side of the river it is?
BTW Paris doesn’t really have suburbs, in the American sense. But if it’s on the Metro, here check it out for yourself. My guess would be the Marais, but of course I think it’s the only place is Paris that’s “quite a nice place to live” 
Parisian here, the only close to Paris suburbs starting with a M I could think of are:
-Melun
-Montreuil (doubt that would be it, it’s way east, and ET is in the west)
-Meudon
BTW, you cant see the Eiffel Tower from everywhere around Paris, I live there, and I sure can’t see it from my neighborhood. If you live in the last levels of a tall building you could though (if your window faces the right direction of course).
P.S: maybe Menilmontant, since it’s on a hill, you would have more chances of seeing the Eiffel Tower (but it’s not two syllables, and it’s IN Paris)
Hm. I’m sure I would recognize it if I heard it, but the whole starts with M thing isn’t quite ringing a bell.
It seems I have to do some more digging on this. Thanks for your help.