Population
Companies
Employment - Education
Economy
KEY FIGURES
ALSACE
2015
Bas-Rhin Centre-Alsace Sud Alsace Alsace
Total population 1,104,667 282,680 472,522 1,859,869
Area (km²) 4,755 1,711 1,814 8,280
Inhabitants/km² 232.3 165.2 260.5 224.6
Eurometropolis of Strasbourg 473,375
Mulhouse Urban Community (M2A) 264,723
Colmar Urban Community (CAC) 101,972
3 biggest Urban Communities
Inhabitants9 districts (french administrative areas) - 904 towns
Population
(1st January 2012, Insee) (1st January 2012, Insee)Other cities* >
8,000 inhabitants
Haguenau Wissembourg Saverne Strasbourg Molsheim Sélestat-Erstein Strasbourg Colmar Colmar - Ribeauvillé Thann - Guebwiller Thann - Guebwiller Mulhouse Mulhouse Altkirch CCIs constituencies Districts Legend Haguenau 34,406 Saint-Louis 19,990 Sélestat 19,397 Bischwiller 12,643 Saverne 11,730 Guebwiller 11,440 Cernay 11,398 Obernai 10,822 Erstein 10,764 Brumath 10,072 Molsheim 9,227 * Excluding urban communitiesEconomy
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
• G.D.P. per capita:
29,767
Euros
•
2.7 % of French G.D.P.
(France, excluding Ile-de-France : 27,856 Euros)(2013, Insee - preliminary data)
TRADE
57 hypermarkets
355 supermarkets (> 300 m²)
106 local supermarkets
14,087 retail stores, including
10,267 non food retail stores
(July 2015, CCI Alsace)Sectors Bas-Rhin Centre-Alsace Sud Alsace Alsace
Number % Number % Number % Number %
Industry 74,638 22.3 19,382 27.9 29,767 25.4 123,787 23.5 Construction 24,956 7.5 6,409 9.2 9,728 8.1 41,093 7.8 Trade 59,912 17.9 12,449 17.9 21,903 17.4 94,264 17.9 CHR 18,163 5.4 5,078 7.3 5,743 5.0 28,984 5.5 Services 144,769 43.3 23,709 34.1 51,726 40.7 220,204 41.8 Temporary jobs 11,932 3.6 2,463 3.5 3,967 3.4 18,362 3.5 TOTAL 334,370 100.0 69,490 100.0 122,834 100.0 526,694 100.0 (1st Quarter 2015, Urssaf)
EMPLOYEES IN MARKET SECTOR
FOREIGN TRADE
(2014, Direction Régionale des Douanes)
Exports 1. Germany 28.6 % 2. United-Kingdom 8.2 % 3. Italy 7.8 % Imports 1. Germany 30.4 % 2. Switzerland 11.4 % 3. United States 7.6 %
Main partner countries :
•
Exports :
29,996
million Euros
•
Imports :
32,232
million Euros
•
Covering rate :
93.1 %
(France : 89.0 %)
Services / 41.8 % CHR / 5.5 % 17.9 % / Trade 7.8 %/Construction 23.5 %/Industry Temporary jobs / 3.5 %TOURISM
595 hotels representing
21,678 rooms
2,923 traditional restaurants,
including
29
Michelin-starred
restaurants
(July 2015, CCI Alsace)
Waterway freight Air Passenger transportation Metric tons Passengers
Strasbourg harbour 8,067,293 Strasbourg-Entzheim International Airport 1,167,612
Mulhouse-Rhin harbours 5,276,992 Mulhouse FreiburgEuroAirport Basel 6,524,570
Colmar Centre-Alsace
harbour 555,392 Colmar-Houssen Airport 1,258
Total 13,899,677 Total 7,693,440
TRANSPORTATION
(2014, Port autonome de Strasbourg, Ports de Mulhouse-Rhin, Port Rhénan de Colmar / Neuf-Brisach, Aéroport Internationalde Strasbourg-Entzheim, EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, Aéroport Colmar-Houssen)
Companies
Bas-Rhin Centre-Alsace Sud Alsace Alsace Agricultural raw material 183 93 75 351
Agri-food industry 287 94 63 444 Industry 2,804 819 1,073 4,696 Construction 4,454 1,107 1,454 7,015 Non-food wholesale 2,707 696 939 4,342 Food wholesale 398 198 135 731 Non-food retail 6,161 1,704 2,402 10,267 Food retail 2,293 720 807 3,820 Restaurants 3,108 902 1,114 5,124 Transportation activities 1,225 258 397 1,880 Business services 5,837 1,258 1,669 8,764 Services to individuals 2,677 713 1,112 4,502
Business and personal services 7,481 1,845 2,838 12,164
Accommodation 532 288 145 965
Total 40,147 10,695 14,223 65,065
Number of
employees NumberBas-Rhin% NumberCentre-Alsace% NumberSud Alsace% NumberAlsace %
0 to 5 31,776 79.1 8,533 79.8 11,558 81.3 51,867 79.7 6 to 9 4,175 10.4 1,142 10.7 1,129 7.9 6 446 9.9 10 to 19 2,102 5.2 537 5.0 793 5.6 3,432 5.3 20 to 49 1,360 3.4 329 3.1 471 3.3 2,160 3.3 50 to 99 373 0.9 76 0.7 145 1.0 594 0.9 100 to 199 217 0.5 48 0.4 78 0.5 343 0.5 200 to 499 111 0.3 20 0.2 43 0.3 174 0.3 > 500 33 0.1 10 0.1 6 0.0 49 0.1 Total 40,147 100.0 10,695 100.0 14,223 100.0 65,065 100.0
INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES
65,065
companies are active in the following fields
and employ
393,143
workers
DISTRIBUTION PER ACTIVITY BRANCH
DISTRIBUTION PER SIZE
(July 2015, CCI Alsace)
(July 2015, CCI Alsace)
Firms Industry Construction Retail CHR* Services Total Bas-Rhin 3,274 4,454 11,559 3,640 17,220 40,147
including Strasbourg /
Eurometropolis 1,044 1,528 5,452 1,792 9,415 19,231
Centre-Alsace 1,006 1,107 3,318 1,190 4,074 10,695
including Colmar / CAC 270 406 1,552 453 1,945 4,626
Sud Alsace 1,211 1,454 4,283 1,259 6,016 14,223
including Mulhouse / M2A 524 788 2,577 705 3,716 8,310
Alsace 5,491 7,015 19,160 6,089 27,310 65,065
(July 2015, CCI Alsace) *Coffee shops, hotels, restaurants
BUSINESS CREATIONS, BUSINESS CLOSURES, TAKE-OVERS
•
Business creations
1,714
• Business closures
1,515
• Take-overs
265
THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANIES
Sectors Companies %Food
3,319
10.2
Production
5,543
17.1
Construction
12,877
39.7
Services
10,679
32.9
Staff employing in Alsace (June 2015, CCI Alsace) For further information : www.alsaeco.com/entreprises
*Including companies and establishments (January 2015, Chambre de Métiers d’Alsace)
CRAFT INDUSTRY
32,418
companies*,
employing
161,404
persons
AGRICULTURE
12,014
farming estates, of which
6,751
professionals
Average size of estates :
28 ha
• grains
55.5 %
• vineyards
4.7 %
*1 ha (hectare) = 2.47 acres (2014, Agreste)
Companies Activities Staff
PSA Peugeot Citroën Automotive industry 10,500 Groupe Crédit Mutuel / CIC Banking services 8,666 La Poste Postal and banking services 5,062
SNCF Railway (excluding freight) 4,903
Cora Mass distribution 2,310
Hager Electro Electrical equipment 2,308 Schaeffler France Mechanical engineering 2,180
CTS Public transportation 1,545
Lilly France Pharmaceutical industry 1,495 Auchan France Mass distribution 1,492 ISS Abilis France Building cleaning services 1,421
Constellium Metallurgy 1,400
Merck Millipore Medical equipment 1,303
Kuhn Agricultural equipment 1,300
Sew-Usocome Electrical equipment 1,289
Salm Kitchen manufacturing 1,220
Mars Chocolat France Food industry 1,213 Clemessy Electrical and mechanical equipment 1,202 Liebherr France Machinery production 1,178 CroisiEurope Waterway passenger transportation 1,150 Banque Populaire d'Alsace Banking services 1,144 Punch Powerglide Automotive equipment 1,129 Caisse d'Epargne d'Alsace Banking services 1,105 Mahle Behr France Automotive equipment 1,100 Socomec Electrical and electronical equipment 1,098
(2010, Agreste)
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Airports Ports Highways TGV / ICE Rhine NALSACE IN THE UPPER RHINE HEARTLAND
France
Luxembourg
Switzerland
Germany
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TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
Employed population :
803,067
persons
(2012, Insee)
Gross income per capita :
2,
292
Euros in Alsace
(1st Quarter 2015, Urssaf)EDUCATION
Number of students in their final year of secondary studies, public and
private (2014-2015)
•
CAP Diploma (Professional Capacity Certificate)
1,646
students
•
High-school technical diploma (3 years)
4,420
students
•
High-school diploma
13,140
students
Apprenticeship (2013-2014)
15,462
apprentices
in CFA (Apprenticeship Training Centers)
(Rectorat de l’Académie de Strasbourg)
Higher education
72,935
students in Higher education, including
52,403
students
in Universities, IUFM (Master’s Degree in Teaching),
IUT (Professional Master’s Degree) and Engineering Schools
(2013-2014, Ministère de l’Education Nationale)
LABOUR MARKET
Unemployment rate :
9.2 %
(France : 10.0 %)
(1st Quarter 2015, Insee)Total unemployed :
148,515
including :
•
Women
47.8 %
•
Under 25 years old
15.5 %
•
Registration > 1 year
43.1 %
(May 2015, Pôle Emploi)(2014, Port autonome de Strasbourg, Ports de Mulhouse-Rhin, Port Rhénan de Colmar / Neuf-Brisach, Aéroport Internationalde Strasbourg-Entzheim, EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg, Aéroport Colmar-Houssen)
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