For extra context, in France and in Europe the poverty line is determined by the living standards of the entire population. What are France’s poorest regions? About an hour’s drive away from the Paris department is Seine-Saint-Denis, the poorest department in the country, according to French daily Le Figaro. Pyrénées-Orientales, Vaucluse, and Gard in the south, as well as Pas-de-Calais in the north are also among France's poorest departments. Unsurprisingly, the greater Paris region of Ile-de-France is the richest in the country, even though the gap between richest and poorest is more striking than elsewhere.

Source: The Local February 22, 2019 16:30 UTC