POLES IN FRANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78-02771R000200390016-8
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 26, 1998
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: REPORT

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POLES IN FRANCE
I POLES IN FRANCE AS A TARGET-
A. Size of Polish Population in France
The Polish emigres in France, one of the most important
foreign ethnic groups in the world, are the largest Polish
colony in Europe and numerically rank second to the Polish
colony in the'United States. In France the Pales numeri-
cally occupy third place after the Italians and-
Spa n iard a,
but their social and political impact is greater than that
of the othe r two groups
There are varied estimates as to the number of Poles in
France, the highest being 3,000,000 and the lowest 400,000e
The consensus is that
750,000 Poles live in France.
B. Location in France
Poles are settled in France in the following three main
strategic areas: ?+,/
* Included at the'end of Section B are the following:
1.-A map indicating the percentage of Poles in relation to
the total.foreign population in each department in France.
2. A map indicating the location of the Polish Population
in France. by departments.
3. A chart tabulating the Polish
departments and its percentageprelationship to,the total
foreign populationin each department.
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1. In the Departments of Nord and Pas de Calais. There
are reportedly about 200,000.Poles in such coal mining centers
as Bruay, Lens, Marles-le a-Mines, Barlin and Douai; in the
ce,iter of the metallurgical industry at Valencinies; and in
.the textile industry areas of Roubaux, Tourcoing and Lille..
2. The second area of Polish settlement is in the De-
partment of Moselle with its steel mills at Thionville,
Hayange, Pont-a-Mouason and Wendelq Other small settlements
are scattered in the areas' of Mulhouse and Strasbourg.
3. The third region with Polish settlements is the coal
basin of St. Etienne and Firminy in.the Department of.Loire,
and centers of metallurgical industry at Monteeau-les-Mines
and Le Creusot in the Department of Saone-et-Loire.
Smaller groups of Polish ::'-emigrants live in the industrial
periphery of Paris .-and- In the ,agricultural region of Toulouse
in the South. Paris also may be regarded as the center of.
the new emigration for polish refugees and int6llectuals.
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