Le parc cycliste français pour les trois dernières années — L’Officiel du cycle, 1 October 1955, Bicycle Tax Stamps by Department

From L’Officiel du cycle, du motocycle et du camping, 1 October 1955, N° 20, the paper’s special number before the Salon du Cycle at the Porte de Versailles, page 63: le parc cycliste français pour les trois dernières années: official table of bicycle tax stamps sold by département for 1954, 1953 and 1952. The table is transcribed in full as printed, department by department, with its footnotes.

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LE PARC CYCLISTE FRANÇAIS
pour les trois dernières années

(Statistique officielle fondée sur la vente des vignettes fiscales)

1954 — 1953 — 1952

Ain — 96.266 — 102.956 — 106.924
Aisne — 132.759 — 140.288 — 147.227
Allier — 112.622 — 122.223 — 128.358
Alpes (Basses-) — 13.017 — 14.294 — 15.375
Alpes (Hautes-) — 13.930 — 14.984 — 15.391
Alpes-Maritimes — 55.652 — 64.675 — 74.173
Ardèche — 45.267 — 49.080 — 51.799
Ardennes — 86.002 — 89.111 — 90.897
Ariège — 31.364 — 33.207 — 35.076
Aube — 94.078 — 98.152 — 101.165
Aude — 43.458 — 49.996 — 53.396
Aveyron — 54.140 — 57.925 — 59.589
Belfort (Territoire de) — 32.218 — 34.043 — 35.947
Bouches-du-Rhône — 103.770 — 122.771 — 132.456
Calvados — 128.538 — 138.295 — 149.382
Cantal — 27.269 — 29.702 — 31.056
Charente — 91.932 — 99.437 — 103.747
Charente-Maritime — 149.067 — 158.127 — 165.908
Cher — 93.004 — 99.557 — 105.152
Corrèze — 52.257 — 56.931 — 60.772
Corse — (1) — (1) — (1)
Côte-d’Or — 105.491 — 111.284 — 118.183
Côtes-du-Nord — 170.792 — 176.231 — 178.630
Creuse — 46.896 — 48.584 — 49.965
Dordogne — 113.531 — 119.776 — 124.348
Doubs — 83.956 — 89.589 — 95.159
Drôme — 54.730 — 60.604 — 66.149
Eure — 103.889 — 110.393 — 118.341
Eure-et-Loir — 89.330 — 94.865 — 99.368
Finistère — 186.286 — 195.452 — 196.261
Gard — 72.071 — 78.954 — 85.284
Garonne (Haute-) — 109.372 — 120.209 — 127.398
Gers — 50.711 — 55.135 — 56.687
Gironde — 224.297 — 243.576 — 258.141
Hérault — 75.794 — 85.067 — 91.889
Ille-et-Vilaine — 226.871 — 229.459 — 234.267
Indre — 92.707 — 95.767 — 98.293
Indre-et-Loire — 122.550 — 131.272 — 136.889
Isère — 141.843 — 154.022 — 161.986
Jura — 61.724 — 65.740 — 69.372
Landes — 100.952 — 105.866 — 108.325
Loir-et-Cher — 97.618 — 102.217 — 104.461
Loire — 111.413 — 121.370 — 126.541
Loire (Haute-) — 40.345 — 43.193 — 44.432
Loire-Inférieure — 251.561 — 257.148 — 264.594
Loiret — 130.140 — 138.546 — 144.677

1954 — 1953 — 1952

Lot — 34.204 — 37.077 — 38.923
Lot-et-Garonne — 89.452 — 95.920 — 100.147
Lozère — 16.723 — 17.511 — 17.974
Maine-et-Loire — 183.304 — 189.898 — 193.588
Manche — 159.553 — 164.945 — 169.197
Marne — 125.386 — 133.995 — 140.443
Marne (Haute-) — 61.894 — 63.618 — 65.707
Mayenne — 104.730 — 107.774 — 107.060
Meurthe-et-Moselle — 156.358 — 166.559 — 172.347
Meuse — 66.460 — 69.047 — 69.509
Morbihan — 167.183 — 169.206 — 166.692
Moselle — 181.892 — 191.985 — 194.244
Nièvre — 69.553 — 73.462 — 76.933
Nord — 568.362 — 599.952 — 628.168
Oise — 138.771 — 143.671 — 148.698
Orne — 103.190 — 107.125 — 108.751
Pas-de-Calais — 378.957 — 399.561 — 413.524
Puy-de-Dôme — 85.039 — 95.447 — 101.407
Pyrénées (Basses-) — 93.852 — 103.198 — 110.743
Pyrénées (Hautes-) — 41.792 — 44.867 — 44.140
Pyrénées-Orientales — 37.574 — 41.066 — 42.878
Rhin (Bas-) — 214.220 — 227.182 — 235.113
Rhin (Haut-) — 153.185 — 162.818 — 171.750
Rhône — 164.402 — 183.739 — 200.364
Saône (Haute-) — 62.512 — 65.585 — 67.798
Saône-et-Loire — 176.614 — 184.174 — 190.894
Sarthe — 173.557 — 178.072 — 180.014
Savoie — 46.987 — 50.845 — 53.104
Savoie (Haute-) — 58.750 — 64.143 — 68.265
Seine (2) — 533.723 — 631.650 — 709.814
Seine-Maritime — 256.812 — 277.679 — 295.027
Seine-et-Marne — 130.754 — 139.115 — 145.229
Seine-et-Oise — 379.955 — 413.098 — 437.972
Sèvres (Deux-) — 109.547 — 114.037 — 117.256
Somme — 142.099 — 148.454 — 154.880
Tarn — 74.805 — 80.166 — 83.227
Tarn-et-Garonne — 46.286 — 46.881 — 47.842
Var — 58.172 — 64.468 — 68.101
Vaucluse — 54.442 — 61.803 — 67.664
Vendée — 168.738 — 170.499 — 172.272
Vienne — 99.248 — 106.115 — 111.086
Vienne (Haute-) — 74.096 — 78.412 — 81.494
Vosges — 116.625 — 119.918 — 124.093
Yonne — 79.482 — 84.034 — 88.736
Total (3) — 10.560.720 — 11.278.844 — 11.806.498

(1) Pas de vignette fiscale en Corse.

2) Les 9 plus forts départements sont désormais : 1° le Nord ; 2° la Seine 3° la Seine-et-Oise ; 4° le Pas-de-Calais ; 5° la Seine-Maritime ; 6° la Loire-Inférieure ; 7° l’Ille-et-Vilaine ; 8° la Gironde ; 9° le Bas-Rhin.

(3) L’année 1951 reste l’année record, battant de 21.000 unités l’année 1949 (11.893.380 bicyclettes). Bien remarquer, d’ailleurs, que les cyclomoteurs (ou bicyclettes à moteur auxiliaire) étant dispensées de la vignette, ces machines, en nombre sans cesse croissant, ne figurent pas normalement dans la statistique.

[A full page of statistical table inside a ruled rectangular frame, text only, with no illustration or signature. Across the head, “LE PARC CYCLISTE FRANÇAIS” stands in large slab-serif capitals above “pour les trois dernières années” in large lowercase sans-serif type, and below that the subtitle “(Statistique officielle fondée sur la vente des vignettes fiscales)” is set in italic sans-serif. Beneath the title the table runs in two side-by-side blocks divided by a thin vertical rule, the first listing the départements from Ain to Loiret and the second from Lot to Yonne, each with three right-aligned number columns headed 1954, 1953 and 1952 in bold, dotted leaders joining each name to its figures, and a total row with a short rule above it closing the second block. A thin horizontal rule separates the table from three footnotes set in a serif face across the foot of the frame.]