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Pied-Noir
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Pieds-noirs.
The pied-noir population as part of the total Algerian population
From roughly the last half of the 19th century until independence, the pieds-noirs accounted for approximately 10% of the total Algerian population. Although they constituted a numerical minority, they were undoubtedly the prime political and economic force of the region.