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.

The town's population grew by 17 fold in the ten years since the 2000 census, making it one of the fastest growing incorporated places in Alabama with a population of over 5, 000 in 2010.

The town's population and economy grew rapidly until the departure of the capital to Montgomery caused a rapid decline in population.

The town grew again and was incorporated on June 21, 1887 and Welaka was affirmed as the town's name ; the name Welaka is said to have been derived from the word local American Indians used for the St. Johns River.

A small general store run from a " rough board shanty " just north of the railroad was the town's first business, but this was joined by many more as the town grew.

The village of South Thomaston grew around the mills, which would include three granite polishing machines to process stone cut from the town's numerous quarries.

Farmers grew wheat and potatoes in the town's sandy loam.

However, he grew disenchanted with the town's stance against his strong ales, and in 1659 left Haverhill to become one of the founders of the settlement at Nantucket.

While Meadowlands prospered and grew due to the support it provided to the region's farms, the steady decline in those same farms ( and the large families they supported ) during the mid-late 1980s and early 1990s heralded the beginning of the town's gradual decline.

The bid initially paid off as the population of Branson West grew from 37 to 408 between 1990 and 2000 ; growth has since tapered off, mostly due to the town's isolation and lack of nearby amenities.

As development increased and population grew in the western part of Caldwell, the town's more rural western population and more urban east often could not reconcile their differences.

As development increased and population grew in the western part of Caldwell, the town's more rural western population and more urban east often could not reconcile their differences.

The town's importance grew when a second railroad, the Eastern Railway of New Mexico ( an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line from Belen to Clovis ), was completed in 1907 with Vaughn as a division point.

The town's population grew from 2, 969 in 1900 to 5, 330 in 1910, 12, 823 in 1990, and to 13, 549 in 2000.

The town grew quickly through the 19th century as Fort Clark grew, but the town's existence remained very strongly tied to Fort Clark's fortunes.

The town's population grew slowly until 1917, when oil was discovered nearby ; the population tripled from 878 in 1900 to 2, 544 in 1920.

The town's population grew from 13, 000 residents in 1881, to 29, 000 in 1928. Wycombe was completely dominated socially and economically by the furniture industry and, consequently, there was considerable unemployment and social problems when the industry declined in the 1960s.

In 1870, the town's population was 176, but the town grew to 444 residents for the 1880 census.

During the 1990s, the town's population grew at an average rate of nearly 13 percent per year, from 15, 527 in 1990 to 50, 702 in 2000.

The wide vale is now known as the Avon Vale, and the river flows on via Lacock to Melksham, then turns north-west through Bradford on Avon, where the centre of the town grew up around the ford across the river Avon, hence the origin of the town's name (" Broad-Ford ").

The town's population grew from 110 in 1801 to 110, 912 one hundred years later and stood at 142, 501 by 1951.

The town's population grew by 1, 362, or 14. 4 %, between 1991 and 2001.

In fact, the town's population grew during the Great Depression, as many people from Fall River and other localities moved to the suburb.

The town's history grew around Stony Brook, where the first water-powered grist and woolen mill in the country was founded in the late 17th century.

The city is commonly referred to simply as " Wega " by many local residents while the name " Weyauwega " () means " Here we rest " because the town's origin was a stopping / resting point between 2 rivers when Indians had to portage their canoes-and a fur trader built a small building, and later the town grew from there.