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France was the most populated nation in Europe before the Revolution, but a combination of factors limited it's population growth in the 1800's, leading to it falling behind Russia, Germany, and the UK. If France was able to achieve a large enough rate of population growth, what parts of France would be more populated? There would certainly be bigger cities, but which areas stood the most to gain from normal demographic growth?

My guess would be that areas such as Alsace, the Rhone, and perhaps Brittany would have been more industrialized, so perhaps cities such as Strasbourg, Lyon, and Nantes would be bigger. In addition any area which was already industrialize OTL would probably see more growth than OTL.
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