The pressure of the 3-pole complex Cannes-Grasse-Antibes on the mountain hinterland (the "cantons" of St. Val- lier, St. Auban,, and Le-Bar-sur-Loup) is speeding up the socio-economic, cultural and political dependence of à rural area gradually remodelled by allochtone, regional, national and international influences. The new links built up between the economic groups, the preoccupations of the social groups, electoral behaviour and planning conceptions lead to the modification of decision-making in an area that untirecently was still truly rural.
