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Grenoble

The city of Grenoble (Grenoble Alpes Metropole) is located in the département of Isère, part of the Rhône Alpes region. It has a population of 374,922. The economy of Grenoble is characterised by various industrial sectors including wholesale trade, services to industries and the construction sectors. Information technologies, the bio-medical sector and the energy sector are also considered important drivers of the city’s growth. Another key feature of Grenoble’s economy is that a significant proportion of the city’s firms consist of small to medium sized companies. The Communauté d’Agglomération called ‘Grenoble Alpes Metropole’ is composed of 23 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. Grenoble is part of a larger urban zone (LUZ) of 514,559 inhabitants that covers an area of 1602 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	394,835						342	2004	541,888	1:1.37
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.	2004	1%						247	2004	1%	1:1
Percentage of households that are 1-person households	2001	37%						297	2001	33%	1:0.89
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households	2001	5%						273	2001	5%	1:0.94
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Average price per m2 for an apartment	2001	€1,300						150
Average price per m2 for a house	2001	€1,600						166
Percentage of households living in owned dwellings	2001	46%						305	2001	52%	1:1.12
Percentage of households living in social housing	2001	16%						192	2001	14%	1:0.91
Average living area in m2 per person	2001	36						229
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population	2001	108.26						250
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate	2001	13%						308	2001	12%	1:0.88
Unemployment rate - female	2001	15%						307	2001	13%	1:0.90
Employment rate	2001	57%						273
Activity rate	2001	65%						307	2001	67%	1:1.02
GDP per head (€)	2001	€23,970						296	2001	€28,154	1:1.17
Median disposable annual household income(€)	2001	€14,940						138	2001	€15,579	1:1.04
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income	2001	11%						118	2001	10%	1:0.87
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections	2001	56%						233
TRAINING AND EDUCATION
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4	2001	121						234	2001	95	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	38						212
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3	2004	13						235
Amount of solid waste collected (domestic and commercial) - tonnes per capita per annum
Percentage of solid waste processed by landfill	1996	12%						36
Green space to which the public has access (m2 per capita)
Population density (residents per km2)	2001	1,759						272	2001	165	1:0.09
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL
Percentage of journeys to work by car	1991	73%						102	2001	69%
Average time of journey to work (mins.)	1991	17						96	2001	19

SUB CITY LEVEL

25 SUB-CITY DISTRICTS	Average Population: 14997		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%	1:2.55
Percentage of households that are 1-person households		2001	17%	37%	60%	1:3.43
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households		2001	2%	5%	7%	1:3.33
Percentage of households that are lone-pensioner households		2001	6%	10%	15%	1:2.37
Average size of households
SOCIAL ASPECTS
Proportion of dwellings lacking basic amenities		2001	2%	4%	7%	1:3.36
ECONOMIC ASPECTS
Unemployment rate		2001	5%	13%	28%	1:5.30
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25		2001	8%	19%	20%	1:2.48
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	323	1,759	11,556	1:35.79