article_snippet: In fact, there are so few people who live in these particular municipalities that the area now competes with Siberia and the Arctic provinces of Lapland as the least populated zone in Europe.
article_snippet: According to official figures, the area has 1.63 inhabitants for every square kilometre, compared to the 1.8 of Laponia and 3 inhabitants for every square kilometre in Siberia.
article_snippet: Here, a worker cleans the forest near the village of Cobeta, where the municipality is home to just 108 inhabitants .
highlights_snippet: , there are only 1.63 inhabitants for every square kilometre .
  