Sidi Merouane is a town and
commune in
Mila Province,
Algeria
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. At the 1998 census it had a population of 20,018.
A substantial proportion of the Greek speaking inhabitants of
Cargèse
Cargèse (; or ; it, Cargese ; el, Καργκέζε, Kargkéze) is a village and ''commune'' in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the west coast of the island of Corsica, 27 km north of Ajaccio. , the commune had a population of ...
emigrated to Sidi Merouane in
Algeria
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between 1874 and 1876. Of the total population of 1078 in 1872,
[. The population of the village was 1078 in 1872 but only 849 in 1876.] it is estimated that 235 emigrated, all of them Greek speakers. According to anecdotal evidence from some
Greeks in France
The Greek community in France numbers around between 35,000 - 50,000 people (in 2015). They are located all around the country but the main communities are located in Paris, Marseille and Grenoble.
Demographics
The Greeks of Marseille
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and Corsican Greek descendents living in Greece, most of the Greek inhabitants of Sidi Merouane who survived the
Algerian War of Independence resettled in Southern France following Algeria's independence from France in 1962, having largely assimilated with other French and European
Pied-Noir settlers in Algeria, although a small number are known to have settled in Greece or emigrated to the United States.
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Greek diaspora in Europe
Communes of Mila Province
Cities in Algeria
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