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Toulon

Toulon is a city on the Mediterranean coast with a large military harbour and a major naval base. Located in the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur région, Toulon is the préfecture (capital) of the Var département, in the former province of Provence.

The population of the city (commune) in 2005 was 167,400[1] making Toulon the fifteenth largest city in France. The population of the Toulon metropolitan area (aire urbaine) in 1999 was 564,823, making Toulon the tenth largest metropolitan area, in France.

Toulon is an important centre for naval construction, fishing, wine making, and the manufacture of aeronautical equipment, armaments, maps, paper, tobacco, printing, shoes, and electronic equipment. (Provisional text). Please note that data for French cities are based on Eurostat estimations, pending the the results of the 2009 census.

CITY AND LUZ LEVEL
CITYQUINTILES
Comparison with UA cities		LUZ
LowHigh
INDICATORSYEARSCORE5th4th3rd2nd1stCASES YEARSCORERatio City:LUZ
DEMOGRAPHY  
    
Total resident population2004418,292
342   
Total annual population change over 5 yrs.20041%
247   
Percentage of households that are 1-person households199130%
240   
Percentage of households that are lone-parent households  
    
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 dwellings199147%
206   
Percentage of households living in social housing  
    
Average living area in m2 per person  
    
Number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population200192.15
250   
ECONOMIC ASPECTS  
    
Unemployment rate  
    
Unemployment rate - female  
    
Employment rate200152%
273   
Activity rate200164%
307   
GDP per head (€)2001€20,409
296   
Median disposable annual household income(€)  
    
Percentage of households receiving less than half of the national average household income  
    
CIVIC INVOLVEMENT  
    
Percentage of registered electorate voting in city elections200158%
233   
TRAINING AND EDUCATION  
    
No. of children aged 0-4 in day care per 1,000 children 0-4200192
234   
% 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/m3200438
212   
Number of days PM10 concentrations exceed 50 µg/m3200431
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)20011,180
272   
TRANSPORT AND TRAVEL  
    
Percentage of journeys to work by car  
    
Average time of journey to work (mins.)  
    

SUB CITY LEVEL
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DEMOGRAPHY     
Percentage of total population aged 0-4     
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     
ECONOMIC ASPECTS     
Unemployment rate     
Percentage of unemployed who are under age 25     
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)