Within a short while, he grasps what is at stake and warns the authorities that unless steps are taken immediately, the epidemic could kill off half the town's population of two hundred thousand within a couple of months .</ br > During the epidemic, Rieux heads an auxiliary hospital and works long hours treating the victims.

Between 1990 and 1999 the town's annual mean population growth was-0. 6 %, though between 1999 and 2007 this increased to an average of-0. 1 %.

The town's population also included a large number of South Asians.

During the time of Nazi Germany ( 1933 – 1945 ), the Nazi Party enjoyed particular popularity and support among the town's population.

The primary settlement in Hanover, where over 75 % of the town's population resides, is defined as the Hanover census-designated place ( CDP ) and contains the areas around Dartmouth College and the intersections of New Hampshire Routes 10, 10A, and 120.

Humphrey spent most of his youth in Doland, South Dakota, on the Dakota prairie ; the town's population was about 700 people when he lived there.

Allenstein was sacked by Swedish troops in 1655 and 1708 during the Polish-Swedish wars, and the town's population was nearly wiped out in 1710 by epidemics of bubonic plague and cholera.

The town's population increased from 5, 504 in 1961 to 8, 877 in 2001, a growth of 61 % over forty years.

In the 2001 census, 74. 2 % of the town's resident population gave their religion as Christian, with 16. 7 % stating " no religion ".

The town's roots date back to 1194 and it is nowadays the capital of Upper Franconia with a population of 72, 576 ( 2009 ).

In general, today towns can be differentiated from townships, villages, or hamlets on the basis of their economic character, in that most of a town's population will tend to derive their living from manufacturing industry, commerce, and public service rather than primary industry such as agriculture or related activities.

The Arabs massacred much of the town's population ; survivors fled to other towns, including Samandar.

After 1610, the cloth industry declined but the wealth of the town was little affected until about 1640, when the activities of the Council were suspended and the town's population promptly fell by 20 %.

This was aided by accessibility via the rail and road network, which has continued to support the town's economy and led to a steady rise in resident population since 1801.

In late 2008, Mendip District Council's estimate of the town's population was 9, 700.

The town's population was about 30, 000 people in 1903 and began to grow into nearby Boulder.

With a population of a little over 50, 000, Lancaster was stated to be an exception due to the town's " long association with the crown " and because it was " the county town of the King's Duchy of Lancaster ".

However, the population of the Borough of Reading was estimated as 142, 800 in 2006 by the Office of National Statistics, as a number of the town's large eastern and southern suburbs ( such as Earley and Woodley ) lie within neighbouring local authorities.

Following the Seven Years ' War, the town's population fell below 6, 000, but an economic revival based on the linen and tobacco industries brought growth from the 1780s.

The town's population remained below 10, 000 in this first decade of the nineteenth century.

Jews, whose recorded presence in the town went back to the mid-fifteenth century, comprised about half of the town's total population.

Many Tarnów Jews fled to the east, while a large influx of refugees from elsewhere in occupied Poland continued to increase the town's Jewish population.

Before the end of World War II, the vast majority of the town's population was composed of Protestants.

Angered, Edward demanded reprisals against the town's citizens for holding out for so long and ordered that the town's population be killed en masse.

Saloon owner Kent ( Brian Donlevy ), the unscrupulous boss of the fictional Western town of Bottleneck, has the town's Sheriff, Keogh, killed when the Sheriff asks one too many questions about a rigged poker game.

* 1098 – First Crusade: Massacre of Ma ' arrat al-Numan – Crusaders breach the town's walls and massacre about 20, 000 inhabitants.

'" Morris's second documentary would be about the town and bear its name, although it makes no mention of Vernon as " Nub City ", but instead explores other idiosyncrasies of the town's residents.

* House of the History of Nijmegen information centre about the history of Nijmegen ; free entrance ; expositions about a theme of the town's history ; touch screen which leads you to the 50 highlights of the towns ' history: ' Canon of Nijmegen '; reading table.

The highest point is at about above sea level near Bebenhausen in the Schönbuch forest, while the lowest point is in the town's eastern Neckar valley.

Two 20-kilo bombs were set off about 200 meters from the town's entrance, damaging the bus's front tires and forcing it off the road.

Forney returns to Maine to bury his sister, and the town's people make comments about how he can finally leave town and have a real life.

Today Mazara is widely considered to be one of the most important fishing centres of Italy ; tussles about fishing rights, especially with the North-African countries, figure large in the town's recent history, boat sequestrations being a common event.

It is a character story about an average town's citizens in the early twentieth century as depicted through their everyday lives.

This was the home of the town's administration for about 200 years, but the old refectory building eventually became structurally unsound.

There are two stories about the origin of the town's name.

From about 1877 to 1890, the town's mines produced USD $ 40 to $ 85 million in silver bullion, the largest productive silver district in Arizona.

At the height of the town's boom, the official population reached about 10, 000, with several thousand more uncounted.

Due to the town's history of racial strife, the African-American percentage has decreased about 10 times over in the 20th century.

About 19 % of the town's workforce commutes to New York City, about to the southwest.

Many of the town's adults work in Hartford, located about 25 minutes away, often at one of the city's many insurance companies, or for the neighbouring University of Connecticut in Storrs.

The episode is about sideshow performers but does not star any of the town's actual residents.

Initially settled in 1870, the town's development has been shaped by that of Orlando, about to the north.

The Bethlehem property taxes to the Town of Burns Harbor represented about 90 % of the town's annual revenue.

The town's elevations range from about 400 feet ( 120 m ) along streams approaching the Westfield River ( a major tributary of the Connecticut ) to hilltops as high as 1700 feet ( 500 m ).