02/04/2012 (Agence Europe) Almost a quarter of the EU27's population lives in rural areas. On 1 January 2011, 41% of the EU27's population lived in urban areas, 35% in intermediate areas and 23% in rural regions. This data was provided on Friday 30 March by Eurostat, the European Union Statistical Office. At the same time, in 10 member states, the highest proportion of the population still lived in rural areas, in nine member states urban areas and in seven member states intermediate areas....