Origin of the Parisian in 1920

I) Corsica , Avignon


II) Savoy


III) Savoy


IV) Corsica, Limousin, Lyon, Creuse (Limousin)


V)Languedoc, Touraine (Northwest France) , Limousin,(South West France), Auvergne, Creuse


VI) Normandy,Poitou, Brittany, Angoumois (near limousin), Auvergne


VII) Angoumois, Languedoc, Angevin (near Brittany), le Mans (Northwestern France)


VIII) Burgundy, Angevins, Normandy, Le Mans

IX) Bearn , Provence


X) Flandre, Artois, Picardy, Alsace


XI) Lorraine, Alsace, Auvergne


XII) Auvergne,Burgundy , Lyon, Avignon ,Provence, Nivernais (burgundy)


XIII) Angoumois, Berry, Nivernais (Burgundy)


XIV) Gascony, Corsica, Guyenne (near Bordeaux), Roussillon (French Catalogne)



XV) Brittany, Le Mans, Angoumois


XVI) Artois, Normandy, Auvergne, Poitou


XVII) Normandy, Angevin, Guyenne (Near Bordeaux), Creuse


XVIII) Flandre, Artois, Picardy, Alsace, Champagne, Lorraine


XIX) Alsace, Lorraine, Champagne, Franche comté


XX) Burgundy, Champagne, Creuse, Franche comté

On this map of Paris, you can see the origin of the 1920's Parisians who were born in other French departements by Arrondissement.( From I to XX). In 1920 they made 50% of the wole Parisian population but the native Parisian population of the 1920 was itself the result of previous immigration. The distribution of the "provinciaux" (born in other French departements) in Paris depends on the Railways station they came in. Thus, most Bretons would live near the Gare d'Orleans, Southwest French near the Gare d'Austerlitz, Northern French near Gare du Nord etc

Central Paris near Notre Dame, Le Louvre and Le Marais was typically inhabited by South East french (Savoy, Lyon, Provence) while Montmartre was inhabited by Northern and Eastern French (Flandre, Alsace, Picardy...).