Migrations résidentielles et renouveaux démographiques des campagnes françaises métropolitaines

Abstract

Even among the most remote from major urban centers, French rural areas have been repopulated since the 1970s. Nowadays, this observation is widely shared but few researches have sought a deeper understanding of its geographical and socio-demographic features. Using census data INSEE 2007, this article proposes an analysis of rural revivals in metropolitan France. We particularly focus on studying internal French migrations - from urban and rural areas to types of rural areas previously identified - in order to define the most attractive and profiles of newcomers (ages, Socio-Professional Categories). First of all, our statistical treatments show a strong continuation of suburbanization processes around major regional cities, and smaller ones as well. Then, they reveal significant demographic increases within rural areas less dependent on urban attractiveness ; their characteristics are still to study both in the national French context and with a quantitative approach.

Keywords

• rural area
• rural population
• residential migration
• France