Also means
vicinity
Usage Note
Voisinage refers both to the immediate neighbourhood as a place and to the group of neighbours collectively. Dans le voisinage means 'in the area nearby'. The related noun voisin/voisine means 'neighbour'. Le bon voisinage ('good-neighbourliness') is used in diplomatic contexts to describe friendly relations between countries.
Examples
"Tout le voisinage connaît cette histoire."
Natural Translation
The whole neighbourhood knows that story.

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