INSEE yesterday published a survey on young rural people, a population that too often goes under the radar. However, it represents 30% of the 17.7 million French people aged 3 to 24. Interview with Gwennaël Solard, head of census processing.
Some 20% of young people residing in rural areas leave to live in the city at the age of 18, mainly to begin higher education, but a large number of young adults also take the opposite path by leaving the city for the countryside, notes the ‘Insee in this study.