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The purpose of this study is to suggest some ways for the development of rural agricultural area to head. For the purpose, this study analyzed residents’ participation in the project and their satisfaction on the change of villages, in consideration with the type of village and its socio-demographic variables. The 101 residents of the 4 villages in Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do, responded the questionnaire. The results are as follows. 1) The most important objective of the development project, responded residents, was to expand sales channel of agricultural products and find profitable vegetation, and they participated in it with eager. The residents, however, showed passive participation in the cleaning, planting and reforming in village. 2) The satisfaction level with the development project averaged 3.09 of 5 in the natural environment, 3.05 of 5 in the spatial environment, 2.58 of 5 in the economic environment, and 3.13 of 5 in the social environment. In every aspect, centralized villages showed more satisfaction than scattered villages, ages of under 60 were more satisfied than over 60, and over high school graduates answered more satisfied than under middle school graduates.