| In addition, persons in the area, centered on young persons or those in their prime of life, continued to flow out of the area, decreasing the population, since the area was located close to the Keihanshin metropolitan region, |
さらに、京阪神大都市圏に近接していたことから青壮年層を中心に人口の流出が続き、過疎化が進展していった。 |