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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
