First industrial region according / based to the number of people employed in this sector in the region (24.6% as opposed to 15.9% in the capital).
7.6% rate of unemployment (in 2008)
1 job in 4 in an industrial company of the Franche-Comté
GDP per capita in 2005 : 24 696 €
4 competitiveness poles:
- Pole of Micromechanics (Franche-Comté)
- Pole turned to the future (Franche-Comté/Alsace)
- Plastipolis (Rhône-Alpes/Franche-Comté)
- Vitagora (Burgundy/Franche-Comté)
Source : INSEE ; "Connaître la Franche-Comté", 2009 release
