Evolution of the landscape

It is difficult to imagine, in the middle of all this vegetation, that in the 19th century there was no forest. At that time, the demographic peak in the countryside led to the exploitation of the smallest parcel of land. Thus, the communal heath, where the villagers grazed their livestock in turn, stretched out in front of you as far as the eye could see. After the Second World War, the rural exodus that started at the beginning of the 20th century accelerated. The ensuing agricultural decline led to the gradual abandonment of the less fertile land and its natural afforestation.