Between demographics at half-mast and downtown commerce in decline, the link sounds obvious, in the words of Anne-Karine Ivanov. At the head of the “Trade of Thionville”, carried out by local authorities with the aim of structuring an action between tradesmen-craftsmen, entrepreneurs, players in urban construction, the director of this specific initiative in northern Lorraine put forward a figure: it would take almost a 20% increase in population to see it go from around 42,000 today to 50,000 in 2030.
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