Is Spanish depopulation irreversible?: recent demographic and spatial changes in small municipalities
Gil-Alonso, Fernando (Universitat de Barcelona)
Bayona, Jordi (Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics)
Pujadas Rúbies, Isabel (Universitat de Barcelona)

Imprint:	Vienna Vienna Institute of Demography 2023
Abstract:	Many small Spanish municipalities (those with less than 2000 inhabitants) experienced population growth during the first decade of the 21st century due to a large influx of foreign immigrants. However, the Great Recession put an end to this trend. The first aim of this paper is to analyse the demographic impact of the new phase of economic growth - known as the "post-crisis" period (2014-2020) - on small Spanish municipalities. The second aim is to carry out an initial analysis of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis on the growth of these municipalities. The results of a nine-category typology show that during the post-crisis period, the vast majority of villages continued to depopulate, while a minority gained population or had stagnant population figures. The Covid-19 pandemic represented a turning point, with small municipalities as a whole starting to grow again. However, the population did not increase in all categories of villages or in all regions of rural Spain. The results for both periods (post-crisis and Covid-19 pandemic) highlight the growing importance of migration to demographic change in the smallest municipalities.
Grants:	Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2021/SGR-01338 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación PID2020-113730RB-I00 Agencia Estatal de Investigación RTI2018-095667-B-I00
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Capítol de llibre
Subject:	Rural depopulation ; Post-crisis period ; Covid-19 pandemics ; Small municipalities ; Spain
Published in:	Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Vol. 21 (2023) , p. 1-33, ISSN 1728-5305

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