Since 1982 the same significant tendencies have occurred throughout mainland France: demographic stagnation in the least-populated rural regions and industrial regions in the northeast, with strong growth in the southwest and along the Atlantic coast, plus dynamism in metropolitan areas.
自1982年以来，法国大陆出现了同样的重大趋势: 人口最少的农村地区和东北部工业区出现了人口停滞，西南部和大西洋沿岸地区出现了强劲增长，大都市地区也出现了活力。