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FRANCE

II. Movement of the Population. Births, Deaths, and Marriages. 1

Year

1915 1916 1917 1918 1919

Marriages

75,327 108,562 158,508 177,822 447,207

Living Births

387,806 315,087 343,310 399,041 403,502

Deaths

655,146 607,742 613,148 788,616 620,688

Surplus of

Births over Deaths

267,640 292,655 269,838 389,575 217,186

Still-born

17,122 15,653 16,256 18,791 19,934

J Figures for 77 departments only.

In 1913 the average birth rate for all France (living births) was 1 "88 per cent, of population, and in 1918, 1*21 per cent.

In the 77 departments the total excess of deaths over births for 1914 to 1919 was 1,490,227.

The number of divorces was 3,668 in 1916. 5,572 in 1917, 8,121 in 1918, and 11,657 in 1919. (The figures refer to 77 departments only.)

III. Principal Towns.

The following towns, according to the census ot 1911, have each a total population over 35,000 : —

Paris.

Marseille

Lyon.

Bordeaux

Lille.

Strasbourg

Nantes

Toulouse

St. fitieune

Nice.

Le Havre

Rouen.

Roubaix

Nancy.

Reims.

Toulon

Mulhouse

Amiens

Limoges

Brest.

Angers

Tourcoing

Nimes

2,888,110

550,619

523,796

261,678

217,807

178,891

170,535

149,576

148,656

142,940

136,159

124,987

122,723

119,949

115,178

104,582

95,041

93,207

92,181

90,540

83,786

82,644

80,437

MontpclHer Rennes Grenoble Dijon Tours. Calais. Orleans St. Denis Le Mans Metz

80,230 79,372 77,438 76,847 73,398 72,322 72,096 71,759 69,361 68.59S

Levallois-Perret 68,703 Clermont-Ferrand

65,386 Versailles. 60,458 Besancon. 57,978 Boulogne-sur-

Seine. 57,027 St. Quentin. 55,571 Troyes. 55,48e

Boulogne-sur-Mer

53,128 Beziers. 51,042

Avignon

Lorient

Caen.

Clichy

Bourges

Neuilly-sur-

Seine Cherbourg Montreuil Asnieres St. Ouen Poitiers Perpignan Belfort Dunkerque St. Nazaire Angoulfime Pau. Roanne La Rochelle Douai. Rochefort

49,304 49,039 46,934 46,676 45,735

44,616 43,731 43,217 42,583 41,904 41,242 39,510 39,371 38,891 38,267 38,211 37,149 36,397 36,371 36.314 35,019

On March 5, 1911, the urban population was 17,508,940, and rural 22,093,318.

For fiscal and electoral purposes the population of each commune is