Les résidences secondaires des citadins dans les campagnes françaises

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ID2736379
AuthorsFrançoise Cribier (corresponding author)
Year1973
Volume49
Issue1
Pages181-204
Publication date1973-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueÉtudes rurales (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0014-2182 • E-ISSN: 1777-537X
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/rural.1973.1869
OpenAlexW1987578391
LanguageFR
Citations received10

The Second Homes of Urbanités in the French Countryside. After explaining the originality and history of the "second home" phenomenon in France, the author discusses the relationship of the urban occupant to his country home and the consequences for rural areas of the proliferation of secondary residences. Urbanization, the growth of urban populations and the resulting mediocrity of housing conditions are mainly responsible for the acquisition of country homes; economic factors (increased buying power, desire to make a good investment), actual rural conditions (rural exodus, modernization) as well as a romantic longing for rustic life also contribute. The next part of this article gives certain characteristics of country house owners (social and professional situation, location of permanent residence, age) and shows how these factors influence the location, means of acquisition (inheritance, purchase, construction) and choice of style of the home. The rate of occupancy of the country house varies according to its proximity to the principal residence and according to seasonal and climatic conditions; after retirement, the owner may live there permanently. The effects, if any, on rural areas of the presence of second homes belonging to urbanités are much debated and quite varied but in general are either detrimental (architectural degradation, housing problems, strain on communal budgets) or beneficial (stimulation of local business activities, employment of local inhabitants). The relations between the owners of second homes and the local residents depend on the socio-economic situation of the former and the traditions of hospitality of the latter

Amenity · Business · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Geography · Investment (military · Modernization theory · Originality · Political science · Residence · Rural area · Sociology · Urbanization · Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues · Finance · French Urban and Social Studies · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies

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