French campaigns: restocking objective

8000 cases of theft have been identified in the French countryside since the start of 2013. RFI / Ariane Gaffuri

By: Alexis Bedu

In today's Grand Report, let's go back to the French countryside. In a first episode (broadcast in February 2019), we told about the desertification that takes place there ... in the villages, in the town centers of small towns. 

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Today (January 24, 2020), second episode on attempts to repopulate campaigns. Certain municipalities, certain collectives of inhabitants have decided to face the rural exodus and to attract new faces… In Parlan, in Auvergne, the municipality cedes land free of charge to newcomers. In the Perche, south of Paris, a small team of locals is struggling to market their village and fill empty houses.

And in the Drôme, in Crest, a network of collectives and associations is trying to revitalize the city center by reopening shops.

French campaigns: restocking objective. A report by Alexis Bédu.

(Replay of January 24, 2020)

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