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So according to the 1960 census, Algeria had 1,050,000 civilians of European descent, making up around 10% of the population.

According to this (page 11), in 1954 80% (around 800k people) of non-Muslims lived in an urban area, representing around 1/3 of the total urban population.

This is how they were spread out in 1921:
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(I think it's safe to assume this more or less continued into the 1960s)

When the country achieved independence, around 250,000 Muslim were considered to have been loyalist who fought for the French (of these, only 90.000 escaped to France, whilst many thousands of those who stayed were murdered, lynched etc). Thus, along with their dependents and people who were overall neutral, I think it's fair to say 1/5 to 1/4 of the total population could be considered 'reliable' for the French, with these people generally being concentrated into 3 main areas around Oran, Algiers and Constantine.

Given this, how practical is an attempt by France to try and hold enclaves around the major coastal cities, perhaps consolidated by means of population transfers? How would this affect future course of events?

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