68 French universities on strike

A list of universities on strike and/or occupied against the CPE, and a list of the largest demonstrations and sizes in towns across the country.

The French Students' Union UNEF has issued a list of French universities occupied from the 28th of March. This list includes existing occupations and new ones.

Aix-Marseille 1, Aix-Marseille 2, Aix-Marseille 3, Amiens, Angers Artois, Avignon, Besançon, Bordeaux 1, Bordeaux 2, Bordeaux 3, Bordeaux 4, Brest, Caen, Clermont 2, Chambéry, Corte, Dijon, Grenoble 1, Grenoble 2, Grenoble 3, La Rochelle, Le Havre, Le Mans, Lille 1, Lille 2, Lille 3, Limoges, Lorient, Lyon 2, Metz, Montpellier 1, Montpellier 2, Montpellier 3, Nancy 1, Nancy 2, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, Pau, Perpignan, Poitiers, Rennes 1, Rennes 2, Rouen, Reims, St Etienne, Toulon, Toulouse 1, Toulouse 2, Toulouse 3, Tours, Paris 1, Paris 3, Paris 4, Paris 5, Paris 6, Paris 7, Paris 8, Paris 10, Paris 11, Paris 12, Paris 13, Evry, Marne La Vallée, Versailles St Quentin, IEP Paris, Antilles-Guyanne.

A list of major demonstrations and the numbers present was also published. The largest demonstrations were in Bordeaux, Marseille, Paris and Toulouse, all of which had 100,000 people or more in the streets.

AMIENS : 25,000
ANGERS : 15,000
ARRAS : 15,000
AVIGNON : 30,000
BESANCON : 10,000
BORDEAUX : 120,000
BREST : 30,000
CAEN : 35,000
CHAMBERY : 10,000
CLERMONT : 50,000
DIJON : 12,000
GRENOBLE : 60,000
LA ROCHELLE : 15,000
LE HAVRE : 25,000
LE MANS:30.000
LILLE : 80,000
LIMOGES : 35,000
LYON : 40,000
LORIENT :25,000
MARSEILLE : 250,000
METZ : 20,000
MONTPELLIER : 50,000
NANCY : 50,000
NANTES :70,000
NICE : 20,000
ORLEANS : 15,000
PARIS : 700,000
PAU : 40,000
PERPIGNAN : 18,000
POITIERS: 25,000
REIMS: 13,000
RENNES : 60,000
ROUEN : 40,000
ST ETIENNE:30,000
STRASBOURG : 15,000
TOULON :22,000
TOULOUSE : 100,000
TOURS : 15,000
VALENCIENNES: 7,000