Rural Spain is emptying out, so the Spanish government is getting creative. Sparsely populated regions are so common that they've earned their own nickname, Espa, or empty Spain. While 84% of Spain's territory is rural, only 16% of people live outside cities.People have been living for years driven by a lack of jobs, poor infrastructure, and almost no cultural offerings. Spain's rural areas saw a 4.4% population decline between 2014 and 2023, even as the country's overall population grew. To confront the pr ...