However, following World War II, it began to lose much of its industrial importance and its population declined from 39,483 residents in the 1940 census to fewer than 22,000 today.
しかし、第二次世界大戦後、工業での重要さがほとんど失われ始め、人口は1940年の39,483人から現在の22,000人足らずまで減少した。