Occitanie is still gaining inhabitants, Toulouse and Montpellier, among the most attractive large areas in France
Occitanie is the third region of France where the population has increased the most between 2014 and 2020 according to the latest INSEE figures published this Thursday, December 29. Toulouse and Montpellier are among the most attractive cities in France.
According to latest INSEE figures published this Thursday, December 29Occitanie is the third region where the population has increased the most (+0.7%) after Corsica (1%) and Guyana (+2.1%) between 2014 and 2020. On January 1, 2020, La France had 67.16 million inhabitants (excluding Mayotte), Occitania had 5,973,969 inhabitants. The region is in fifth position, behind Île-de-France, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine and Hauts-de-France.
According to INSEE figures, the population of Haute-Garonne and Hérault experienced strong growth between 2014 and 2020, with an annual increase of 1.2%. Haute-Garonne is the most populous department in Occitania, with 1,415,757 inhabitants, thanks to an excess of births over deaths of 0.5% per year and a migration surplus of 0.7% per year. Hérault has seen its population increase mainly due to its attractiveness, with a migration surplus of 1.0% per year.
Compared to the previous period, population growth in Haute-Garonne and Hérault decreased slightly, from 1.4% between 2009 and 2014 to 1.2% between 2014 and 2020. Gard also experienced a growth in its population, but at a slower pace than previously, with an increase of 0.3% per year between 2014 and 2020. This drop is due to a decrease in the attractiveness of the department, with a migratory surplus of 0.3% per year between 2014 and 2020, compared to 0.7% between 2009 and 2014. Births are just above deaths in the department, with an annual natural increase of 0.1%.
Tarn-et-Garonne and Pyrénées-Orientales have also experienced a slowdown in population growth, with an increase of 0.6% per year in population between 2014 and 2020, compared to 1.1% and 0.9% respectively. between 2009 and 2014. In the Tarn-et-Garonne, births are just above deaths, while in the Pyrénées-Orientales, deaths now outnumber births, but the migration surplus remains high, at 0 .7% per year.
Still according to the latest figures published this Thursday, December 29, the population of Aude, Lot and Aveyron known growth that is less sustained than in the other departments of the region. Indeed, between 2014 and 2020, the population of Aude increased by 0.4% per year, that of Lot by 0.3% per year and that of Aveyron by 0.2% per year.
These departments have all experienced a negative or zero migratory surplus, offset by a negative or equally zero natural surplus.
According to population data from 2014 to 2020, the attraction areas of Toulouse and Montpellier have proven to be among the most attractive in France. The Montpellier attraction area has experienced the fastest growth among the eleven attraction areas of cities with more than 700,000 inhabitants, with an increase of 1.5% per year, or around 11,300 more inhabitants each year. year. The Toulouse attraction area has grown by 1.3% per year, or about 17,600 more people each year, ranking third after Bordeaux and at the same level as Nantes.
The demographic dynamism of these areas is mainly due to a surplus of births over deaths and to more arrivals than departures. The Montpellier area proved to be more attractive than that of Toulouse.
At the regional level, the other large coastal areas (Béziers, Perpignan and Narbonne) as well as that of Montauban are also among the most attractive. Although these areas register more deaths than births, their population continues to increase thanks to a strong migratory surplus. The Montauban area also benefits from a slightly positive natural balance and a migratory surplus due to its proximity to the Toulouse-Montauban axis.