782
FKANCK
births comprised 395,069 mate aiid 378,721 female births, or 1,046 male to 1,000 female.
The number of divorces was 10,318 in 1907, 11,461 in 1908, 12,770 in 1909, 12,975 in 1910, and 13,058 in 1911, the number having steadily increased since 1900.
III. Pkincipal Town.s.
The following towns, according to the census of 1911 have each a total population over 35,000 : —
Paris . Marseille Lyon . Bordeaux Lille . Nantes Toulouse St. Etienne Nice . Le Havre Rouen . Roubaix Nancy . Reims . Toulon Amiens Limoges
.2,888,110
. 550,619
. 523,796
. 261,678
. 217,807
. 170,535
. 149,576
. 148,656
, 142,940
. 136,159
. 124,987
. 122,723
. 119,949
. 115,178
. 104,582
. 93,207
. 92,181
. 90,540
. 83,786
. 82,644
. 80,437
80,230
4, 1906,
Rennes Grenoble Dijon Tours . Calais . Orleans St. Denis Le Mans
79.372 77,438 76,847 73,398 72,322 72,096 71,759 69,361
Levallois-Perret 68,703 Clermont-Ferrand
65,386 Versailles . 60,458 Besan9on . 57,978 Boulogne-sur-
Seine St. Quentin . Troyes Boulogne -sur-
Beziers Avignon
57,027 55,571 55,486 Mer 53,128 51,042 49,304
Brest Angers Tourcoing . Nimes Montpelliei- .
On March 22,715,011.
In 1906 the resident population of the communes, and in 1911 the number of communes was as follows : —
Lorient Caen . Clichy Bourges Neuilly-sur-
Seine Cherbourg Montreuil Asnieres St. Ouen Poitiers Perpignan Bel fort Dunkerque St. Nazaire Angouleme Pau . Roanne La Rochelle Donai . Rochefort
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
the urban population was 16,537,234, and rural
Number
Number
Population
Communes with Population
1911
100(j
1906
Not over 500 .
19,270
18,716
5,077,781
501- 1,000 .
9,409
9,716
6,740,687
1,001- 2,000 .
4,845
5,068
6,985,251
2,001- 3,000 .
1,260
1,289
3,130,116
3,001- 4,000 .
512
522
1,790,267
4,001- 5,000 .
276
268
1,196,264
5,001- 10,000 .
371
361
2,469,932
10,001- 20,000 .
164
153
2,130,576
20,001- 30,000 )
i 57 ) 34
1,413,795
30,001- 50,000 r
134
1,263,889
50,001-100,000 (
XtJ'±
) 23 ( 15
1,583,544
Over 100, 000 . . )
36,241
5,470,143
Total .
36,222
39,252,245
