Editing INSEE code (section)

== Created under Vichy ==
Although today this national identification number is used by [[social security in France]] and is present on each person's social security card (''[[carte Vitale]]''), it was originally created under [[Vichy France]] under the guise of the Registration Number to the National Directory of Identification of Physical People (''Numéro d'inscription au répertoire des personnes physiques'', NIRPP or simply NIR). The latter was originally to be used as a clandestine military recruitment tool, but in the end served to identify [[Jew]]s, [[Romani people|gypsies]], and other "undesirable" [[population]]s under Vichy's conceptions. The first digit of the NIR was 1 for a male European, 2 for a female European, 3 for a male Muslim, 4 for a female Muslim, 5 for a male Jew, 6 for a female Jew, 7 for a male foreigner, 8 for a female foreigner, while 9 and 0 were reserved for persons of undetermined racial status.

The Demographic Service was created in 1940 in order to replace the military recruitment office prohibited by the [[Armistice with France (Second Compiègne)|June 1940 Armistice]] with [[Nazi Germany]]. On October 11, 1941, the Demographic Service absorbed the former General Statistics of France (SGF, created in 1833). The new organization was called the National Statistical Service (''Service national des statistiques'', SNS).