peuplés

Peuplés is the masculine plural form of the French adjective peuplé, meaning "populated" or "inhabited." It is used to describe places that contain inhabitants, such as villes peuplées, zones peuplées, or régions peuplées. The feminine plural form is peuplées, used with feminine nouns (zones peuplées, régions peuplées, etc.).

Etymology and form: peuplé derives from Old French peuple, from Latin populus, meaning "people." The related verb peupler means "to populate," and the past participle peuplé describes the resulting state of a place after being populated.

Usage and context: In geographic, demographic, and urban planning language, peuplés is used to distinguish inhabited areas from sparsely populated or unpopulated areas (des zones désertes, zones non peuplées). The term functions primarily as an adjective; it is not commonly used as a standalone noun. When referring to people rather than places, words such as population or habitants are preferred.

See also:

- Démographie

- Peuplement

- Population

- Habitant

- Zone habitée

Examples: "La région peuplée s'étend autour du fleuve." "Les zones peuplées du littoral connaissent une croissance démographique."