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This work introduces an original methodology for analysing the role of intra-rural population movements in the formation or consolidation of rural districts. For this purpose, the authors adapted Rosen's hedonic models, developed in other areas of the economy, to explain individual decisions in rural migration dynamics. The methodology was drawn up to explain population movements in rural areas, on a sub-regional scale, as a new centre-periphery dynamic. Empirical application of this methodology in the future might be useful for better explaining sub-regional dynamics and for the design of territorial development policies.