The Pallars Sobirà it is the second least populated region of Catalonia (7,099 inhabitants), after Alta Ribagorça (3,972). The low population densitythe distance from the main producers of culture and knowledge, the emigration of the majority young, the very mood of society; All this has led Pallars Sobirà, like many other regions of the Pyrenees, to a social stagnation in participating in the active life of the region
We also add the decrease in economic activity. For a few years things seemed to change, with many entrepreneurial initiatives new, or rather, people who become independent entrepreneurs. In each small town several small ones business.
The mirage disappeared: small businesses they closeagain forcing the emigration of young people. In four years we have lost more than 4,000 inhabitants, basically young people to be found work outside.
The truth is, from one perspective structuralour problem has been dragging on for many years because many of our villages have missing for pure need of people to live decently, due to the rapid disappearance of agricultural activities in the high mountains and due to the need for large farms at the bottom of the valles.
The solutions of depopulation They must basically come from a increase of economic activity. A specific territorial administration is also needed to promote the developing of the Hautes-Pyrenees. The high mountain need treatment special in the policies of the administrations, its location, the orographic characteristics, the demographic structure, the deficiencies in services and infrastructures make it particularly sensitive to suffer socioeconomic inequalities.
