KEY FIGURES ALSACE 2017 Population Companies Employment - Education Economy
Population Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Alsace total Population 1,112,815 760,134 1,872,949 Area (km²) 4,755 3,525 8,280 inhabitant/km² 234.0 215.6 226.2 (1 er janvier 2014, Insee) 3 biggest Urban Communities Inhabitants Eurometropolis of Strasbourg 484,157 Mulhouse Urban Community (M2A) 273,077 Colmar Urban Community 111,997 (1 st January 2014, Insee) Haguenau Wissembourg Saverne Molsheim Strasbourg Strasbourg Colmar - Ribeauvillé Sélestat-Erstein Colmar Thann - Guebwiller Mulhouse Other cities* > 8,000 inhabitants Haguenau 34,761 Saint-Louis 20,228 Sélestat 19,546 Bischwiller 12,559 Cernay 11,723 Saverne 11,433 Guebwiller 11,297 Erstein 10,987 Obernai 10,822 Brumath 10,177 Molsheim 9,263 *Excluding Urban Communities (1 st January 2014, Insee) Altkirch Mulhouse Legend Department Districts 9 districts (french administrative areas) - 884 towns
Economy GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT G.D.P. per capita: 29,843 Euros (France, excluding Ile-de-France : 27,836 Euros) (2014, Insee - preliminary data) FOREIGN TRADE Exports : 31,968 million Euros Imports : 32,030 million Euros Covering rate : 103.0 % (France : 90.4 %) 2.6 % of French G.D.P. Main partner countries : Exports 1. Germany 28.2 % 2. United-Kingdom 8.3 % 3. Italy 7.9 % Imports 1. Germany 31.2 % 2. Switzerland 9.8 % 3. United States 8.8 % (2016, Direction Régionale des Douanes) EMPLOYEES IN MARKET SECTOR Sectors Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Alsace Number % Number % Number % Industry 72,960 21.5 47,503 24.6 120,463 22.6 Construction 24,663 7.3 15,973 8.3 40,636 7.6 Trade 60,085 17.7 33,642 17.4 93,727 17.6 CHR 19,338 5.7 11,680 6.0 31,018 5.8 Services 146,009 43.1 76,358 39.5 222,367 41.8 Temporary jobs 15,625 4.6 8,166 4.2 23,791 4.5 Total 338,680 100.0 193,322 100.0 532,002 100.0 (1 st Quarter 2017, Urssaf) Temporary jobs / 4.5 % Services / 41.8 % 22.6 % / Industry 7.6 % / Construction CHR / 5.8 % 17.6 % / Trade TRADE 59 hypermarkets 387 supermarkets 75 local supermarkets 16,048 retail stores, including 11,931 non food retail stores (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) TOURISM 602 hotels representing 21,692 rooms 3,015 traditional restaurants, including 30 Michelin-starred restaurants (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) TRANSPORTATION Waterway freight Air Passenger transportation Metric tons Passengers Strasbourg harbour 7,517,477 Strasbourg-Entzheim International Airport 1,071,440 Mulhouse-Rhin harbours 4,894,462 EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg 7,309,744 Colmar Centre-Alsace harbour 565,055 Colmar-Houssen Airport 1,210 Total 12,976,994 Total 8,382,394 (2016, Port autonome de Strasbourg, Ports de Mulhouse-Rhin, Port Rhénan de Colmar/Neuf-Brisach, Aéroport International de Strasbourg-Entzheim, EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, Aéroport Colmar-Houssen)
Companies INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES 71,028 companies are active in the following fields and employ 418,634 workers Firms Industry Construction Retail CHR* Services Total Bas-Rhin 3,530 4,722 12,567 4,018 19,081 43,918 Eurometropolis of Strasbourg 1,221 1,704 6,069 2,044 10,553 21,591 Haut-Rhin 2,402 2,788 8,572 2,655 10,693 27,110 Colmar Urban Community 286 486 1,705 499 2,137 5,113 Mulhouse Urban Community (M2A) 694 870 3,172 780 3,889 9,524 Alsace 5,932 7,510 21,139 6,673 29,774 71,028 *Coffee shops, hotels, restaurants (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) DISTRIBUTION PER ACTIVITY BRANCH Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Alsace Agricultural raw material 177 161 338 Agri-food industry 316 173 489 Industry 3,037 2,068 5,105 Construction 4,722 2,788 7,510 Food wholesale 423 349 772 Non-food wholesale 2,687 1,632 4,319 Food retail 2,460 1,657 4,117 Non-food retail 6,997 4,934 11,931 Restaurants 3,443 2,174 5,617 Business services 6,490 3,136 9,626 Services to individuals 3,144 2,064 5,208 Business and personal services 8,114 4,834 12,948 Accommodation 575 481 1,056 Transportation activities 1,333 659 1,992 Total 43,918 27,110 71,028 (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) DISTRIBUTION PER SIZE Number of Bas-Rhin Haut-Rhin Alsace employees Number % Number % Number % 0 to 5 36,210 82.4 22,353 82.5 58,563 82.5 6 to 9 3,227 7.3 2,028 7.5 5,255 7.4 10 to 19 2,280 5.2 1,461 5.4 3,741 5.3 20 to 49 1,405 3.2 806 3.0 2,211 3.1 50 to 99 429 1.0 247 0.9 676 1.0 100 to 199 217 0.5 133 0.5 350 0.5 200 to 499 118 0.3 66 0.2 184 0.3 > 500 32 0.1 16 0.1 48 0.1 Total 43 918 100.0 27 110 100.0 71 028 100.0 (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) BUSINESS CREATIONS, BUSINESS CLOSURES, TAKE-OVERS Business creations 2,033 Business closures 1,359 Take-overs 219 Alsace s data (1 st Quarter 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole)
THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANIES Companies Activities Staff Crédit Mutuel / CIC (group) Banking services 9,040 PSA Peugeot Citroën Automotive industry 7,500 SNCF Railway (excluding freight) 5,421 La Poste Postal and banking services 4,922 Würth France Screws and bolts 3,842 Hager Electro Electrical equipment 2,920 EDF-ÉS (group) Energy 2,861 Cora Hypermarkets 2,277 Schaeffler France Mechanical engineering 2,129 Sew-Usocome Electrical equipment 1,900 GSF Saturne Industrial cleaning 1,661 Lilly France Pharmaceutical industry 1,644 ISS Propreté Building cleaning services 1,576 CTS Public transportation 1,555 Constellium Metallurgy 1,513 Clemessy Electrical and mechanical equipment 1,467 Auchan Hypermarkets 1,458 Merck Millipore Medical equipment 1,380 Schmidt (group) Kitchen manufacturing 1,353 Kuhn Agricultural material 1,300 CroisiEurope Waterway passenger transportation 1,191 Mars Chocolat France Food industry 1,190 Socomec Electrical and mechanical equipment 1,151 Liebherr France Machinery production 1,146 Simply Market Supermarkets 995 Staff employing in Alsace (July 2017, CCI Alsace Eurométropole) N.b. Excluding interim business For further information: www.alsaeco.com/entreprises AGRICULTURE 10,849 farming estates, of which 6,890 professionals Average size of estates : 28 ha (2013, Agreste) Total size : 340,038 hectares*, including : grains 55.9 % vineyards 4.7 % *1 ha (hectare) = 2.47 acres (2014, Agreste) CRAFT INDUSTRY 34,788 companies*, employing 156,325 persons Sectors Companies % Food 3,681 10.6 Production 5,909 17.0 Construction 13,239 38.1 Services 11,959 34.4 *Including companies and establishments (January 2017, Chambre de Métiers d Alsace)
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Employment - Education TOTAL EMPLOYMENT Employed population : 800,727 persons (2014, Insee) Gross income per capita : 2,341 Euros in Alsace (1 st Quarter 2017, Urssaf) LABOUR MARKET Unemployment rate : 8.7 % (France : 9.3 %) (1 st Quarter 2017, Insee - Alsace: estimate) Total unemployed : 154,320 persons including : Women 48.6 % Under 25 years old 13.4 % Registration > 1 year 43.9 % (May 2017, Pôle Emploi) EDUCATION Number of students in their final year of secondary studies, public and private (2016-2017) CAP Diploma (Professional Capacity Certificate) 1,505 youths High-school technical diploma (3 years) 4,627 youths High-school diploma 13,706 youths Apprenticeship (2015-2016) 14,948 apprentices in CFA (Apprenticeship Training Centers) (Rectorat de l Académie de Strasbourg) Higher education 75,192 students in Higher education, including 56,004 students in Universities, IUFM (Master s Degree in Teaching), IUT (Professional Master s Degree) and Engineering Schools (2015-2016, Ministère de l Education Nationale)
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