A Common Experience of Ageing: The Social Role of Ancestral Collective Land Tenure Systems in Rural Upland Areas

Collective landholdings (often referred to as ‘common land’) are ancestral land tenure systems that, although little recognised, have endured as institutions in upland areas in France. They play an important role in stimulating rural life, and many of the inhabitants in these areas retain a strong a...

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Published in:	Revue de Géographie Alpine
Main Author:	Olivier Chavanon
Format:	Article
Language:	German
Published:	Institut de Géographie Alpine 2025-04-01
Subjects:	ancestral land tenure common land intergenerational dynamics social cohesion local governance transmission of traditions
Online Access:	https://journals.openedition.org/rga/14616