Countryside
The countryside is the name given to the whole of cultivated spaces , in opposition to urbanized spaces (Ville S, Agglomération, industrial parks…). The inhabitants of the countryside live in firm S isolated or in Village S. In the developed countries, the countryside was strongly depopulated in consequence of the mechanization of agriculture and the Rural migration. It is a destination of Vacances, less appraisal however that the sea or the mountain, where for a few years the Country holidays has developed. The countryside remains the destination of almost 40 % of the French who take holidays. 46 % of them go in their family, 25 % in their second home.
In human Geography, the countryside characterizes a type of rural Paysage formed of open fields ( openfield ), without Clôture S nor Haie S. This term is opposed to Bocage.
Quotation
- One should build the cities in the countryside because the air is purer there. Alphonse Allais
- the city has a figure, the countryside has a heart. Jacques de Lacretelle
See too
- Hospital of countryside
- Farmhouse bread
- Countryside (theater)
- Pole of rural excellence (France concerns)
External bonds
August 1st