What is this kind of housing set up called? (Picture included)?

Question

I forgot what it's called, and it's been bugging me for quite a while. It's a road that leads into a circular area where houses are situated. I think it has some kind of foreign-ish name, French maybe?

http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/2985/picture5ep7.jpg

Thanks!

Answer 1

That is a cul-de-sac

Answer 2

cul-de-sac

Answer 3

culda-sac

Answer 4

What you are showing is a cul-de-sac. You're right that its origin is french. cul-de-sac in French means, literally, the bag's ****. There's no way, as you know, of getting out of a bag's **** but by making marche arrière.