The social structure of French cities. Typology through analysis of correspondences and automatic classification. — Simultaneous application of factor analysis of correspondences and hierarchically ascending classification based upon X2 distance is used to classify French cities according to the occupational status of their population (1968) . The study of loading values of variables and observations makes easier and more rigorous the interpretation of results. Coordinated use of the two techniques leads us to a good classification of cities, and reveals that, from the choosen point of view, France is peculiarly divided into three large regions.Application simultanée de l'analyse factorielle des correspondances et d'une classification ascen...