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This exploratory study has as aim to sketch the volume and to emphasise the main characteristics of the emigrational phenomenon in the Sub-carpathians between Olt valley and Jiu valley. The pilot study based on semi-structured interviews revealed a first set of variables relevant to the volume and the characteristics of emigrational phenomenon in study here for the area in discussion. Based on those we selected the administrative units included in this study: three small towns with their subcomponents, five rural administrative units and several component localities of the cities – municipal towns – a more complex problematic to asses due to the size of the phenomenon and the resources that we have at our disposal in such a research. Qualitative data where added from other mostly rural localities. To reach a more profound perspective on the factors involved in the entrepreneurial decision after a period of working abroad, we used the case study. Besides quantitative data we used also data revealed by the semi-structured and in depth interviews we have conducted on the research field. We revealed the potential variables that underpin the phenomenon of definitive emigration in this case, their spatial variability and the impact on the rural economic and social development of those spaces in future - that can make an excellent base for a more focused study to verify those elements. We think that such an investigating study previous to project a study to investigate such complex matters was needed and on a single one it cannot do both.

KEYWORDS: emigration population, characteristics, Subcarpathien, Olt and Jiu Valleys