EVOLUTION OF POPULATION OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS BETWEEN YEARS 1912 AND 2011 IN MEHEDINȚEAN DEPRESSION CORRIDOR AND SEVERIN DEPRESSION

Abstract

Through the study on the two depressions in the northern half of Mehedinţi County, we aimed to highlight the main characteristics of population evolution between 1912 and 2011, using data provided by INS Mehedinţi and Geographical Dictionary of Mehedinţi County published in 2011, have demonstrated four major geodemographic trends: the population of the two depressions registered higher values of demographic growth compared to the situation in the entire county, due mainly to city Drobeta Turnu Severin; the existence of two periods of evolution, a positive one until 1992, followed by a demographic decline that is and currently felt; the deeply rural population in Mehedinian Depression Corridor is experiencing a severe demographic decline; the urban population and the urban agglomeration of the city that includes most of the Severin Depression was protected from depopulation recorded in rural areas.

Keywords

• demographic
• decline
• drobeta turnu severin
• danube
• urban
• rura