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  2. List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants

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    The population of the matching Urban unit is usually several times that of its central commune. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown. Populations as of 2006 and 2013 are also shown. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Communes in the overseas and sui generis collectivities are listed in a separate table below.

  3. Communes of France - Wikipedia

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    A parish was essentially a church, the houses around it (known as the village), and the cultivated land around the village. France was the most populous country in Europe at this time, with a population of approximately 25 million inhabitants in the late 18th century (England in contrast had only 6 million inhabitants), which accounts for the ...

  4. Najac - Wikipedia

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    Najac village is set along a ridge above a bend in the river Aveyron. In the earlier part of the 20th century the village had around 2,000 people but it suffered marked population decline as workers migrated to towns and cities. Several films concern the village and its surrounds, for example, La Vie Comme Elle Va.

  5. Settlement hierarchy - Wikipedia

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    Village or Tribe – a village is a human settlement or community that is larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town. The population of a village varies; the average population can range in the hundreds. Anthropologists regard the number of about 150 members for tribes as the maximum for a functioning human group.

  6. Demographics of France - Wikipedia

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    Between the years 2010–17, the population of France grew from 64,613,000 to 66,991,000 (i.e. about 2.4 million people in a span of 7 years), making France one of the fastest-growing countries in Europe. The population of France is growing by 1,000,000 people every three years- an average annual increase of 340,000 people, or +0.6%. [7]

  7. Population and housing censuses by country - Wikipedia

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    The results of the 1962 census were considered inaccurate enough that a new census was ordered on February 19, 1963. [20] The results from 1973 and 2006 were highly disputed, but no recounts were taken. The preliminary results for 2006 indicates a population of 140 million people. 700,000 enumerators were engaged in this operation.

  8. Template:Infobox French commune - Wikipedia

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    The population of the commune. Don't use thousands separators like points or spaces (e.g. 5.678 or 34 567): they give bad results in the population density calculation. The census year should be given in the field "population date". You can add references and footnotes in the field "population footnotes" (not in "population").

  9. Urban area (France) - Wikipedia

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    In France, multiple words exist to define various kinds of urban area. One of the first words used was the word agglomération , which was first used to deal with a group of people. The word was used, for instance, in a law from 5 April 1884 ( loi du 5 avril 1884 ), in which Article 98 gives the mayor police power ( pouvoirs de police ...