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Paris Urban Area Analysis 1921-1999

POPULATION & LAND AREA 1921 1962 Land Area (KM2) 1999 Land Area (KM2)
Paris 2,906,472 2,790,091 106 2,125,246 106
Balance former Department .of the Seine 1,505,219 2,856,357 374 3,052,651 374
Balance: present Petite Couronne Note 584,134 269 986,341 269
Balance: Urbanized Area Note 1,138,805 708 3,480,269 1,974
Balance: Region Note 1,100,628 10,547 1,307,504 9,281
Ile-de-France 5,882,710 8,470,015 12,004 10,952,011 12,004
           
DENSITY 1921 1962 1999 Change from 1962
Paris 27,420 26,322 20,049 -23.8%  
Balance former Department .of the Seine 4,025 7,637 8,162 6.9%  
Balance: present Petite Couronne Note 2,172 3,667 68.9%  
Balance: Urbanized Area Note 1,608 1,763 9.7%  
Balance: Region Note 104 141 35.0%  
Ile-de-France 490 706 912 29.3%  
           
CHANGE AND SHARE Change in Population: 1962-1999 Share of Population Growth      
Paris (664,845) -26.8%      
Balance former Department .of the Seine 196,294 7.9%      
Balance: present Petite Couronne 402,207 16.2%      
Balance: Urbanized Area 2,341,464 94.3%      
Balance: Region 206,876 8.3%      
Ile-de-France 2,481,996 100.0%      
           
Note: Urbanized area not defined in 1921. The population of the Region Parisienne outside the Department of the Seine was 1,471,019
Petite Couronne is the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-St.-Denis and Val-de-Marne and consists of the area of the former department of the Seine, except for Paris, with additional territory added. The three new departments were created in 1963.  

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