No, it’s not the name of local French street gangs. After descending a few floors below street level, one enters the catacombs of Paris, created in the 1700s. For the general health and welfare of Parisians, the city officials deemed it necessary to remove all inhabitants of city graveyards to these specially created caves. Interestingly, the bones were not simply thrown into a large pile, but were stacked neatly into a unique pattern. The French can make even dead people look stylish.