Prioux France.- The recent demographic evolution of France According to the 1999 census, the departments in and close to the Limousin region have the oldest age structure, while those of the Ile-de-France (Paris excluded) and Nord regions have the youngest, as they contain both the largest proportion of young people and the smallest proportion of people aged 60 or more. Since the last census, the departments of western France have experienced slightly faster population ageing than the national average, while in the southern Mediterranean departments it has tended to be slower. Flows of foreign migrants to France have increased since 1996, the increase being due mainly to foreigners from non-EU countries. The rise in the total period fertili...