The Jewish population of France has reached more than 500,000, according to figures published here. The breakdown showed the following statistics for the Jewish population in the leading French cities: Paris, 300,000; Marseilles, 65,000; Lyon, 20,000; Nice, 20,000; Toulouse, 18,000; Strasbourg, 12,000.
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