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I saw this sentence on wikipedia:
Il n'en reste pas moins que New York est la ville la plus peuplée du pays depuis 1790, avec 8 622 698 habitants selon le Bureau du recensement des États-Unis.
I don't understand that opening bit, the first six words or so. What does that mean?
Il n'en reste pas moins is an idiom so is hard to interpret word by word.
Literally, that would be:
It doesn't remain (from what has been said) less than...
i.e.
The fact remains, nevertheless, that New York is the...
