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.

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.

In two minutes the body of Tilghman's former comrade, who had been killed by Blue Throat in a gambling brawl the previous night, was carried into the town's funeral parlor to be prepared for decent burial.

The real Franco-German frontier was beyond the town's limits.

He was in London `` searching records for our town's causes '' in 1600 with young Henry Sturley, the assistant schoolmaster.

On 25 May 1824, the town plat was registered with Wayne County as " Annsarbour "; this represents the earliest known use of the town's name.

Barcino Nova is the town's Latin name meaning " new Barcelona "; Barcino was the Roman name for Barcelona in Spain from its foundation by Emperor Augustus in 10 BC, and it was only changed to Barcelona in the Middle Ages.

It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England, an important center of the Puritan theology embraced by the town's founders.

The town's name was changed to Columbus on March 20, 1821.

The town's growth was facilitated by its role as the administrative and commercial centre of German East Africa and industrial expansion resulting from the construction of the Central Railway Line in the early 1900s.

In 1996 a small memorial park north of the town's business district was dedicated to him.

This was important since towns very often depended on a good reputation for export of a narrow range of products, on which not only the guild's, but the town's, reputation depended.

By a Charter of Elizabeth I in 1589 the bailiff was replaced by a mayor, by which time the town's importance was dwindling.

( The town's name was changed to New Harmony after the Harmonists left in 1824.

The drink originated in Falkirk where it was particularly popular among the town's thirsty foundry workers.

Finally, in 1838 the town's name was changed to simply Jackson.

His father was a shipwright, ship owner and contractor, and served as the town's chief baillie, while his mother, Agnes Muirhead, came from a distinguished family and was well educated.

In 2006 a € 100, 000 computer-controlled mirror, 8 × 5 m, was installed to reflect sunlight into the town's piazza.

His father was primarily a farmer though he was also deacon of the local Congregational church, captain of the town's militia, and a founder of a local book society — a precursor to the public library.

The town's hospital was founded in the mid-15 century and remained in operation until the second half of the 19th century.

The Wyre was the town's first local commercial radio station and began broadcasting on 12 September 2005 from studios in Kidderminster.

A major change in the town centre road infrastructure was the construction of the ring road in the 1970s and 1980s, which relieved the town's growing congestion problem.

His birthplace was demolished in 1689 and the town's Melanchthonhaus built on its site in 1897.