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So, basically cities, large cities replenish themselves
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only through immigration, through much of the nineteenth century.
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And, so, what happens is you've got this sort of super,
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hyper overcrowding of the central districts as immigrants
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from the north of France, from Normandy,
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from the east of France, also seasonal migrants
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from the Limousine who finally
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settle Paris pour into these central districts
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and then gradually head for the edge of the city.
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It's not until the 1880s that you have the huge wave of Breton
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migration from Brittany; and it's not just to Paris,
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also, but that comes later than we're talking about.