Sidi Merouane (

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: ''Σίντι Μερουάν'', ''Sínti Merouán'') is a town and commune in

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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 ; ; ) 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 1,325. The village was established at the ...

emigrated to Sidi Merouane in

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

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and Corsican Greek descendants living in Greece, most of the Greek inhabitants of Sidi Merouane who survived the

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resettled in Southern France following Algeria's independence from France in 1962, having largely assimilated with other French and European

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settlers in Algeria, although a small number are known to have settled in Greece or emigrated to the United States.

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