La population des villes européennes, 800-1850
Subtitle: banque de données et analyse sommaire des résultats = The population of European cities, 800-1850 : data bank and short summary of results
By: Paul Bairoch, Jean Batou et Pierre Chèvre.
Contributors: Batou, Jean.; Chèvre, Pierre.
Series: Publications du Centre d'histoire économique internationale de l'Université de Genève ;; 2
Publisher: Droz
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Genève
Language: fre; eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Population geography -- History.; Cities and towns -- Europe -- History.; Europe -- Population -- History.
Other titles: Population of European cities, 800-1500.; Population des villes européennes de 800 à 1850.; Population of European cities from 800 to 1850.
Description: "This book presents for the first time a data bank on the evoluton of the population of 2206 European cities. It is based on examination of more than 3000 documents, including unpubllished sources. In addition, some forty institutes and scholars from all of Europe have aided in this work. This volume gives for each city the data on population at the beginning of each century for a period of 1000 years. It indicates their geographical coordinates, alternative names and the source of each datum."--P. [4] of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-231).
French and English.
Cover title: La population des villes européennes de 800 à 1850 = The population of European cities from 800 to 1850.
Includes population data on "some 2,200 European cities which have had at some time between 800 and 1800 [sic], 5,000 or more inhabitants"--Cf. General introd.