The extremely mountainous terrain explains the sparse population, which was about 120,000 in 1791. It changed little during the 19th century, but fell to about 85,000 after World War I. Thanks in large part to tourism, the population has risen from 87,436 in 1962 to 141,107 in 2016, principally in the town of Gap.
the extremely mountainous terrain explains the sparse population which was about 120000 in 1791 it changed little during the 19th century but fell to about 85000 after world war i thanks in large part to tourism the population has risen from 87436 in 1962 to 141107 in 2016 principally in the town of gap