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Latest results from the French census. Here are the French communes (municipalities) which grew the most and shrunk the most between the 2006 and 2010 censuses.

Absolute population growth from Jan. 2006 to Jan. 2010:
- City of Paris: +62,462 inhabitants in total during those 4 years
- City of Lyon: +12,039
- City of Marseille: +11,683
- St Denis (northern inner suburb of Paris): +8,910
- Villeurbanne (inner suburb of Lyon): +8,677
- City of Bordeaux: +6,897
- St Denis (capital city of Réunion island): +6,708
- City of Montpellier: +5,717
- La Seyne-sur-Mer (suburb of Toulon): +5,314
- Villejuif (southern inner suburb of Paris): +4,919
- Saint-Pierre (the 2nd largest city of Réunion island): +4,748
- Choisy-le-Roi (a southern inner suburb of Paris): +4,707
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (the 2nd largest city of French Guiana): +4,660
- Bussy-Saint-Georges (an eastern outer suburb of Paris): +4,569
- Le Plessis-Robinson (a southern inner suburb of Paris): +4,415
- Saint-Ouen (a northern inner suburb of Paris): +4,239
- Chelles (an eastern outer suburb of Paris): +4,163
- La Possession (on Réunion island): +4,131
- City of Toulouse: +4,087
- St Paul (the 3rd largest city of Réunion island): +4,055
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- Fort-de-France (the capital city of Martinique): -3,131
- Roubaix (a suburb of Lille): -3,239
- City of Brest (in Brittany): -3,245
- City of Toulon: -3,284
- City of Saint-Malo (in Brittany): -3,319
- City of Metz: -3,697
- City of Nice: -3,756
- City of Reims (in Champagne): -3,845
- City of Bourges (in Berry): -4,447
- City of Angers (in the Loire Valley): -4,766
- City of Saint-Étienne (in Rhône-Alpes): -6,220
- City of Le Havre (the seaport of Paris, in Normandy): -7,083

Relative population growth, for the communes with more than 10,000 inhabitants:
- Bussy-Saint-Georges (an eastern outer suburb of Paris): +24.3% (i.e. population in Jan. 2010 was 24.3% higher than in Jan. 2006)
- Le Plessis-Robinson (a southern inner suburb of Paris): +18.9%
- Le Bourget (a northern inner suburb of Paris): +16.9%
- La Possession (on Réunion island): +15.7%
- Bruz (a suburb of Rennes, in Brittany): +15.7%
- Agde (a city on the Mediterranean coast of Languedoc): +15.4%
- Bruges (a suburb of Bordeaux): +15.0%
- Matoury (a suburb of Cayenne, in French Guiana): +14.3%
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni (the 2nd largest city in French Guiana): +13.8%
- Savigny-le-Temple (a southern outer suburb of Paris): +13.8%
- Canet-en-Roussillon (a suburb of Perpignan, on the Mediterranean coast): +13.6%
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- Basse-Terre (the administrative capital of Guadeloupe): -7.2%
- Montargis (a city to the east of Orléans): -7.2%
- Lisieux (a city in Normandy): -7.3%
- Épinay-sous-Sénart (a southern outer suburb of Paris): -7.4%
- Saint-Amand-Montrond (a city in central France): -7.6%
- Vallauris (a suburb of Cannes): -7.7%
- Saint-Claude (a town in the Jura mountains): -7.7%
- Thiers (an industrial town in Auvergne): -7.7%
- Bayeux (a city in Normandy): -8.6%
- Sanary-sur-Mer (a suburb of Toulon): -8.8%
- Arcachon (a seaside resort on the Atlantic coast of Aquitaine, popular with old people): -9.7%
- Vitry-le-François (a town in Champagne): -11.3%

Now if we include all communes larger than 2,000 inhabitants, the "boomiest" communes between 2006 and 2010 were:
- Maripasoula (a commune up the Maroni River in French Guiana, on the border of Suriname): +88.0%
- Montévrain (an eastern outer suburb of Paris, just next to Dysneyland Paris): +66.6%
- Mondonville (a suburb of Toulouse, near the Airbus A380 plant): +57.5%
- Grand-Santi (a commune up the Maroni River in French Guiana, on the border of Suriname): +51.1%
- Chessy (the eastern outer suburb of Paris where Dysneyland Paris is located): +40.5%
- Hourtin (a seaside resort on the Atlantic coast of Aquitaine): +34.6%
- Aoste (a town located between Lyon and Savoy): +34.1%