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Immigration to France (modifications' draft)

New second paragraph of the lead:

Accroding to the INSEE, the 2014 Census numebered nearly 6 million immigrants (foreign-born people) which represented 9.1% of the total population. Eurostat estimated the foreign-born population at 7.9 million corresponding to 11.8% of the French population as of January 2016.

The region with the largest proportion of immigrants is the Île-de-France (Greater Paris), where 40% of immigrants live. Other regions with important immigrant populations are Rhône-Alpes (Lyon) and Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur (Marseille).

According to a study of the INSEE, in France, Immigrants are more concentrated in urban areas than the native population. 90.1% of the immigrant population is located in urban areas which is significantly more than the proportion for the native population, 81.9% of them living in urban areas (figure 2). In 2012, 38.2% of the total immigrant population lived in the Parisian urban area compared to 4.1% and 3.1% respectively for Lyon and Marseille.