Surface area: 26,012 km2 (4.8% of the national territory)
Four départements: Allier, Cantal, Haute-Loire, Puy-de-Dôme
Population: 1,400,000 inhabitants
A regional urban area of 290,000 inhabitants: Clermont-Ferrand
Density (inhabitants/km2): 50.4
Birth rate: 10.7%
Labour force participation rate: 55.9%
Unemployment rate: 8.3%
GDP per inhabitant: €22,602.86

 

Breakdown of employment:

• agriculture: 4.1%
• industry: 28.5%
• services: 66.7%
  

Clermont-Ferrand, a dynamic regional metropolis

Clermont-Ferrand is a booming metropolis with an ambitious amenities policy in operation: water leisure centre, sheltered athletics stadium, communal and inter-university library (second largest public reading amenities in France), new hospital of 65,000 m2, pedestrian planning of the town centre, tramway introduced in 2006.

It is a modern, open-plan urban area, ranked highly by the media: optimum purchasing power, safety of property and people, family-oriented, hospital excellence. It is also a "young" town thanks to its student population: one third of its inhabitants are under 20.