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Industry and employment

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