Aspects sociaux du problème démographique dans un village de l'Epire du Nord-Est et en Grèce plus généralement

Abstract

This article is part of the unpublished doctorate thesis on the village of
Vitsa. The author studies some social aspects of the demographic problem
in the mountain village Vitsa of the region Zagori in Epirus, Greece. The study
is focussed on the demographic changes in population during the years
1961-1971. In the region of Zagori the population diminished to 33 % because
of the birth rate and emigration. The same holds true for the village of Vitsa.
The younger generation emigrates to foreign countries where work is more
lucrative or to the cities and industrial centers of Greece. Consequently Vitsa
has become a sort of old people’s home.