Espace, populations, sociétés - Année 1986 - Volume 4 - Numéro 2 - Pages 323-331Departing population and commuting: statistical relationships. The object of this study is to show the statistical relationships between two forms of migratory movements of different nature : departing population and commuting. The study is based on two specific statistical uses of the population census data. The first considered the 108 main towns in France. The aim of the study is to show the role of migratory movements in changes in employment during the period 1968-75. The second considers the town of Strasbourg. The aim here is to show one aspect of the urbanization during the period 1975-82. dence la périurbanisation sur la période 1975-82. 9 pages Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.