There's an interesting one linking geology and politics in the north of France, kinda like the Alabama one: A coal basin [1] predicts low revenues [2] and poli

There's an interesting one linking geology and politics in the north of France, kinda like the Alabama one: A coal basin [1] predicts low revenues [2] and political votes for far right [3]. I'm no political or demographical historian, but the gist of the story IMHO is that there was a coal boom. People settled there, and not much else was invested in the region. So when coal mines went bust, no other industry could convert the workers; it created low revenue zones and it fed discontent, which can be seen in the votes. "Au nord, c'était les corons", as the song says. [4] [1] https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassin_minier_du_Nord-Pas-de-Calais#/media/Fichier:BassinminierglobalNordPDC.svg https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bassin_minier_du_Nord-Pas-de-C... [2] https://www.comeetie.fr/galerie/francepixels/#map/revenus/RdBu/10/50.399/2.928 https://www.comeetie.fr/galerie/francepixels/#map/revenus/Rd... [3] https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/infographies-resultats-des-regionales-commune-par-commune-un-net-recul-de-l-extreme-droite-par-rapport-a-2015_4672365.html https://www.francetvinfo.fr/elections/infographies-resultats... [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coron_(house) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coron_(house)