Population And Settlement 1.5

Question 1

Settlement hierarchy, population size, service provision

Answer 1

Lozère
Expected hierarchy. The larger the settlement, the more services.
Lozère overall follows the settlement expected patters
Small settlements: low order services
Large settlements: high order services
-Mende: pop of 12 400 with 16 services
-Cubiere: low population of 200 with 5 services

However, it has some exceptions where they don’t follow the pattern:
-Villefort: pop of 640 with 17 services (ski resort meaning population increases in winter)

Population changes:
-over 100 years, the population has decrease from 144 000 in 1881 to 74 000 in 1981 due to:
-unemployment
-migration of youthful population