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Biggest Cities of France in 987 AD with a Map

With the help of a map, can you name the most populous cities of the Kingdom of France with an estimated population of over 3,000 in 987 AD?
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Population figures are based off this dataset by Dr. E. Buringh, La population des villes européennes, 800-1850 by Paul Bairoch, 3000 Years of Urban Growth by Tertius Chandler and Gerald Fox and 4000 Years of Urban Growth: An Historical Census by Tertius Chandler.
Both historical and modern-day names accepted.
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Last updated: October 11, 2022
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Population
Cities
25k
Laon
20k
Caen
20k
Paris
20k
Rouen
20k
Tours
18k
Orléans
15k
Angers
15k
Poitiers
13k
Reims
12k
Bruges
12k
Narbonne
12k
Provins
12k
Troyes
10k
Amiens
10k
Bordeaux
Population
Cities
10k
Rennes
10k
Soissons
10k
Toulouse
9k
Barcelona
8k
Arras
8k
Ghent
6k
Bourges
6k
Châlons-sur-Marne
5k
Auxerre
5k
Sens
5k
Tournai
4k
Albi
4k
Beauvais
4k
Carcassonne
4k
Chartres
Population
Cities
4k
Girona
4k
Nantes
4k
Nîmes
3k
Agen
3k
Angoulême
3k
Autun
3k
Bagnères-de-Bigorre
3k
Bayonne
3k
Béziers
3k
Blois
3k
Cahors
3k
Châteaudun
3k
Chinon
3k
Clermont-Ferrand
3k
Dijon
Population
Cities
3k
Dreux
3k
Évreux
3k
Guérande
3k
Le Puy-en-Velay
3k
Limoges
3k
Nevers
3k
Niort
3k
Périgueux
3k
Riom
3k
Rodez
3k
Saint-Quentin
3k
Saumur
3k
Tarbes
3k
Valenciennes
3k
Vic
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Level 75
Aug 16, 2022
Amusingly, I had just done another quiz in which one had to guess the largest World cities containing an "R" - and so I confined my answers to French cities containing an "R" and manage to score 19/61.