While 85% of Spain’s territory is made up of rural areas, only 20% of the population live in them, according to the European Association for Information on Local Development, a non-profit based in Brussels. Negrin’s family relocated with help from the Confederation of Rural Development Centres (COCEDER), one of several initiatives aimed at repopulating Spain’s emptying interior by encouraging locals and foreigners to settle in remote areas. “Because of our economic situation and having three children, we couldn’t live in the city,” she told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. In February, the couple and their three children resettled in a small village in Galicia - they already had relatives in the rural region and the cost of living was affordable, Negrin explained. BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When life in their native Venezuela became too much of a struggle, Catherine Negrin and her family upped sticks and moved thousands of miles away to northwestern Spain, which is trying to attract new inhabitants.ĭespite well-paid jobs in the military and in teaching, Negrin said shortages and price hikes made getting their hands on everyday goods like food and medicine a real challenge in the capital Caracas.
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