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== Economy ==

== Economy ==

[[Image:PyreneanPony.jpg|thumb]]

[[Image:Pyreneanpony.jpg|thumb|Pyrenean ponies, farmed by the French for meat. (Animals indistinguishable from these are depicted in prehistoric local cave paintings.)]]

The Pyrenees remain almost entirely rural, and a considerable exodus of population has taken place in recent years. There have been a number of major construction schemes to make road and rail links across the mountains, but these have brought little permanent employment to the region.

The Pyrenees remain almost entirely rural, and a considerable exodus of population has taken place in recent years. There have been a number of major construction schemes to make road and rail links across the mountains, but these have brought little permanent employment to the region.

[[category:geography]]

[[Category:Geography]]

[[category:Mountains]]

[[Category:Mountains]]