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Quinze ans d'évolution des populations rurales françaises

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[fre] La diminution de la population active agricole, abondamment analysée, peut être replacée dans un ensemble plus vaste, celui de l'aménagement de l'espace rural et de son occupation. . Exode agricole et exode rural doivent ce tes être nettement distingués. Cependant l'élimination d'un grand nombre d'agriculteurs fait souvent disparaître la rentabilité d'activités telles que les services induits par la population et par l'activité agricole elle-même. . Lorsque ces changements de profession s'accompagnent de mutations géographiques, les zones concernées s'engagent dans un processus de désertification. Le seul moyen de maintenir une présence humaine suffisante dans l'espace rural est d'y développer dos activités nouvelles. . L'évolution de l'ensemble de la population rurale, la composition de la population active, et ses modifications entre 1954 et le dernier Recensement de la Population en 1968, sont examinées par l'auteur. Il ressort de cette étude que l'exode agricole rapide des 15 années considérées n'a pas ent aîné un exode rural de même envergure. . En effet, le rythme de diminution de la population totale a été de huit à neuf fois moindre que celui de la population des ménages agricoles. . Sur le plan de la structure des emplois, les agriculteurs restent les plus nombreux mais ont cessé d'être la majorité absolue vers 1962. Les activités non agricoles exercées par les résidents de communes rurales le sont dans des branches à dynamisme faible (bâtiment - travaux publics, industries agricoles.textile, petit commerce) : d'où une certaine fragilité du maintien de la population rurale. . Seule une politique déterminée de maintien de l'emploi rural peut infléchir ces tendances. [eng] The evolution over fifteen years of the French rural population - The decrease in the active farming population that has been the subject of much analysis can be reinserted in a vaster whole - that of country planning and. land use. . A distinction must be made between farmers leaving the land and the population deserting the country-side, but the disappearance of a great many farmers often renders unprofitable many activities such as the service attracted by the existence of a population and by farming itself. . When these changes in occupation lead to geographical modifications the areas concerned are caught up in a process of desertification. The only way to see that the country-side is sufficiently populated is to develop new activities there. . The evolution of the whole rural population, the composition of the active population and its modifications between 1954 and the last census in 1968 are examined. From this study the fact emerges that the rapid decrease in the farming population over the fifteen years under consideration has not given rise to a comparable decrease in the rural population. The rate of decrease of the total population was 8 or 9 times less than that of farming households. . With respect to the employment pattern, farmers are still the biggest group, but ceased to be the absolute majority in 1962. The non-agricultural occupations of the inhabitants of country " communes " are those that are non likely to expand (the building trade, civil engineering, agricultural industries, textiles, small trade), hence the continued existence of the rural population cannot necessarily the counted on. . Only a determined policy to provide employment in the country-side can modify these tendencies.

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  • Cl. Laurent, 1975. "Quinze ans d'évolution des populations rurales françaises," Économie rurale, Programme National Persée, vol. 105(1), pages 2-7.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recoru:ecoru_0013-0559_1975_num_105_1_2310
    DOI: 10.3406/ecoru.1975.2310
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