French departments are not all equal in terms of environment… their inhabitants are therefore not all equal in terms of health. Here are the best (and worst) French departments to live in.
The ranking of cities is a great classic for knowing where it is good to live… But, this time, these are the departments that the British telemedicine firm Zava has chosen to draw up its top places to live most healthily in France (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana, Réunion and Mayotte were not included in the survey).
In total, this ranking includes around ten criteria allowing a score between 0 and 10 to be obtained (ten being the maximum score). Among them, the quality ofairair, the number of green spaces, swimming places and paths, but also the proportion of businesses considered “healthy” (that is to say, which sell food products good for health, generally organic and local ) or sports centers. All evaluated each time according to a ratio of 10,000 inhabitants.
The worst and best departments to live in
In the top 3 of the healthiest departments in France, we find Alpes-de-Haute-Provence (04), Hautes-Pyrénées (65) and Lozère (48). These three departments, which obtain an overall well-being score of 8.10, 7.75 and 7.42 respectively, are all located in the south of France. They stand out above all for their high number of green spaces and swimming places, but also for their good air quality and their numerous running and hiking trails.
If we look at the worst students, the compass needle clearly points towards the North and the Paris region. The last two departments on the list are, in fact, both in Ile-de-France. We thus find Val-de-Marne (94), in penultimate place, while Seine-Saint-Denis (93) brings up the rear. These poor scores are mainly due, in the case of Seine-Saint-Denis, to the low number of trails (0.74 per 10,000 inhabitants) and sports centers (2.61 per 10,000 inhabitants), i.e. “the lowest of all,” notes the investigation. As for Val-de-Marne, it is mainly its air pollution (the highest just after Paris) which puts it at the back of the pack.
