Population distribution
Particularly low population densities are characteristic of the mountain regions, such as the Massif Central, the southern Alps, the Pyrenees, and Corsica, but are also reflected in some lowland rural areas, such as the eastern and southern Paris Basin and large parts of Aquitaine. The régions of Limousin, Franche-Comté, and Auvergne and the collectivité territoriale of Corsica have one-sixteenth of the national population in about one-eighth of the area. By contrast, the four most populated French régions—Île-de-France (Paris region), Rhône-Alpes, Provence–Alpes–Côte d’Azur, and Nord–Pas-de-Calais—have more than two-fifths of the French population in less than one-fifth of ... (100 of 137,483 words)