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Amiens

The city of Amiens (Communauté d’Agglomération Amiens Métropole) is located in the département of Somme, part of the Picardie region. It has a population of 171,240. The economy of Amiens is dominated by six business parks that have attracted many small to medium sized companies and industries. Areas include pharmaceutical packaging (e.g. Unither), food processing, environmental engineering and the cultural industry (e.g. jazz label Bleu). All kinds of associated industries are represented in these areas of work. The ‘Communauté d’Agglomération Amiens Métropole’ is composed of twenty communes and its objective is to encourage cooperation between the local authorities especially in terms of economic development, planning, transport and tourism. The mayors of the communes elect a President who heads the public organisation. Amiens is part of a larger urban zone (LUZ) that contains 270,870 inhabitants covering an area of 1775 km2, and is based on the French concept of ‘aire urbaine’. Please note that data for French cities are based on Eurostat estimations, pending the the results of the 2009 census.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL

	CITY		QUINTILES Comparison with UA cities						LUZ
			Low				High
INDICATORS	YEAR	SCORE	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	CASES	YEAR	SCORE	Ratio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY
Total resident population	2004	171,979						342	2004	272,038	1:1.58
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	0%						247	2004	0%	1:1
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	35%						297	2001	29%	1:0.85
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	6%						273	2001	5%	1:0.83
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2001	€1,600						150
Average price per m2 for a house
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	42%						305	2001	54%	1:1.29
Percentage of households living in social housing	2001	29%						192	2001	20%	1:0.72
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	36						229
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	125.06						250
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	17%						308	2001	15%	1:0.87
Unemployment rate - female	2001	18%						307	2001	17%	1:0.91
Employment rate	2001	52%						273
Activity rate	2001	62%						307	2001	65%	1:1.04
GDP per head (€)	2001	€20,737						296	2001	€20,128	1:0.97
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2001	€13,023						138	2001	€13,326	1:1.02
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2001	18%						118	2001	15%	1:0.83
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	58%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	113						234	2001	88	1:0.78
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Summer Smog: No. of days ozone (O3) exceeds 120µg/m3	2004	11						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	1						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)	2001	744						272	2001	141	1:0.19
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	1991	70%						102	1991	70%	1:1
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	1991	20						96	1991	20	1:0.98

SUB CITY LEVEL

14 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 12231		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	3%	5%	7%	1:2.26
Percentage of households that are 1-person households
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities		2001	3%	8%	11%	1:4.03
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	7%	17%	24%	1:3.39
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	14%	22%	22%	1:1.55
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
% of working age population with only primary education
% of working age population with secondary education
% of working age population with tertiary education
ENVIRONMENT
Population density (residents per km2)		2001	170	744	7,930	1:46.66