Surprise, in 2024, the Bretons are not the most chauvinistic inhabitants of France!
Each region of France brings its share of distinctive landscapes, natural and gastronomic heritage, with unique specialties and well-established traditions. Their identity makes its inhabitants proud, as demonstrated by a Sociovision survey for TF1 carried out in 2021, which revealed that 87% of French people felt good where they lived and 83% were proud of their region. But then who are the inhabitants most attached to their region in 2024? We obtained the answer through our survey carried out from October 3 to 7, 2024 on 2,070 people representative of the French national population, aged 18 and over, carried out by the YouGov France polling institute,
If the French chose Provence as their preferred region among the 13 regions of France with a score of 13.21%, it is a region which has long been shunned in the past which comes in second position on the podium, with 11 .94% of votes. And it was a big surprise when we were able to see that one in two residents of the region in question placed this choice in first position! And no, it's not Brittany, long designated as the most chauvinistic region… Small but significant clue: it's the leading economic region in France, renowned for its large number of company head offices, but also for its prestigious cultural places.
Are you still not there? This is the Île-de-France region! Indeed, our survey revealed that 54% of Ile-de-France residents have chosen their region as “favorite” in France, whereas the inhabitants of Provence have chosen their own region at 34%. And yet, before as after the Covid crisis, it was not a region that was really popular. For a better “living environment”, 85% of Ile-de-France residents were ready to want to leave their region, if we are to believe a survey by Michael Page and Page Personnel carried out in 2015. But what could have to change ? The region's cultural heritage has never been so rich and accessible from Greater Paris. Whether natural, architectural, artistic or gastronomic… Ile-de-France residents are delighted!
The Île-de-France region, which concentrates 19% of the French metropolitan population, has become even more attractive beyond Paris itself, a veritable open-air museum well known for its emblematic museums and monuments. The increased development of Greater Paris this year, with its dense public transport network, has increased the number of cultural offerings and leisure activities.
With its green forests and parks, castles (Rambouillet now open to the public, Saint-Germain-en-Laye which houses the National Archeology Museum), passing through its historic towns (Provins, Senlis, Moret-sur- Loing etc.) and its picturesque villages (La Roche-Guyon, Barbizon, Giverny etc.) which offer a pleasant living environment, Île-de-France has truly become a region where life is good.
