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Limoges

The city of Limoges (Communauté d’Agglomération de Limoges) is the principal city of the département of Haute-Vienne, part of the Limousin region. The city has a population of 184,241. Limoges is famous for its traditional know-how in enamel and china production. However, the city is reshaping its economy and investing in research and development activities with currently over 100 R&D firms and one main science and technology park ‘Ester’. Limoge’s economy is also characterised by its public sector, with 41% of employment in public administration, health and education. The Communauté d’Agglomération de Limoges is composed of several 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. Limoges is part of a larger urban zone (LUZ) which contains nearly 250,000 inhabitants, 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	188,817						342	2004	254,102	1:1.35
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	0%						247	2004	0%	1:1
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	40%						297	2001	36%	1:0.90
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	4%						273	2001	4%	1:0.90
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment
Average price per m2 for a house
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	46%						305	2001	52%	1:1.15
Percentage of households living in social housing	2001	20%						192	2001	16%	1:0.82
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	39						229
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	60.42						250
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	10%						308	2001	9%	1:0.93
Unemployment rate - female	2001	11%						307	2001	11%	1:0.94
Employment rate	2001	59%						273
Activity rate	2001	66%						307	2001	66%	1:1.01
GDP per head (€)	2001	€22,053						296	2001	€22,900	1:1.04
Median disposable annual household income(€)
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2001	11%						118	2001	10%	1:0.90
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	61%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	134						234	2001	105	1:0.79
% 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	7						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	0						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	418						272	2001	245	1:0.58
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car
Average time of journey to work (mins.)

SUB CITY LEVEL

19 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 9697		Comparison of Sub-City Districts
INDICATORS		YEAR	LOWEST	CITY SCORE	HIGHEST	RATIO Lowest:Highest
DEMOGRAPHY
Percentage of total population aged 0-4		2001	3%	4%	6%	1:2.33
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	2%	4%	10%	1:4.65
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	6%	10%	22%	1:3.36
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	12%	20%	21%	1:1.70
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	82	418	9,861	1:119.81