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2011

AQUITAINE IN EUROPE

+11%

Aquitaine, as a border region on the Atlantic coast, benefits from an international outlook and a strategic location in Europe. It is ideally situated as an interface between southern and northern Europe.

Population growth above the European average 20th largest European region in area and 37th in population.

Aquitaine

Surface area (km²)

European region by GDP

Population (01/01/2010)

Aquitaine

France

GDP (billion PPS*)

76.6

GDP/capita (PPS*)

24,000

RanKING

27 EU COUNTRIES

France

Europe

1,713

6th

40th

12,494

26,700

136

25,100

FINLAND

+11.0

+7.3

+4.0

Population < 25 ans (%)

28.7

30.9

27.9

Population > 65 ans (%)

19.2

16.7

17.2

LATVIA

Dublin

IRELAND NETHERLANDS

London

Brussels

75 - 100

Paris

< 50

Luxembourg

Warsaw

GERMANY

BELGIUM LUXEMBOURG

50 - 75

POLAND

Berlin

Amsterdam

Prague

CZECH REPUBLIC Vienna

Data not available

FRANCE AQUI TA I

Budapest

HUNGARY SLOVENIA

SLOVAKIA

Bratislava

AUSTRIA

Ljubljana

Bordeaux

IndustrYConstruction (%)

SERVICES (%)

Hambourg (Germany)

0.5

16.5

83.0

Hesse (Germany)

1.1

24.9

74.0

País Vasco (Spain)

1.4

31.0

67.6

Navarra (Spain)

4.5

37.0

58.5

Aragon (Spain)

4.9

29.0

66 .1

Emilia-Romagna (Italy)

3.9

34.1

62.0

Wielkopolskie (Poland)

16.6

35.0

48.4

Aquitaine

4.0

23.5

72.4

Midi-Pyrénées

5.7

22.4

72.0

Poitou-Charentes

6.2

24.6

69.2

France

2.9

22.2

74.9

27 EU COUNTRIES

5.1

25.9

69.0

Source : Eurostat - Data from 01/01/2009.

ROMANIA Bucharest

AQUITAINE: A KEY PLAYER IN EUROPEAN CONSTRUCTION

BULGARIA

Aquitaine has developed very close, long-term partnerships with 8 regions in the European Union: País Vasco, Navarra, and Aragon in Spain, Emilia-Romagna in Italy, Hesse and Hamburg in Germany, Wielkopolska in Poland, and Galati in Rumania.

ITALY

Madrid

Agriculture (%)

Job distribution by sector

Vilnius

Copenhagen

Lisbon

114

On January 1st 2009, Aquitaine had 1.3 million jobs, making it 42nd out of 271 European regions. The relative share of agriculture and construction was below the European average. As in the most dynamic major European regions, service industries represented a larger share.

LITHUANIA

DENMARK

PORTUGAL

115

Tallinn

Riga

Source : Eurostat. © EuroGeographics Association, for the administrative boundaries. Mapping: Eurostat - GISCO, 03/2009.

ESTONIA

Stockholm

100 - 125

Rome

SPAIN

GREECE Athens

CYPRUS

This cooperation has facilitated a range of exchanges and mutually beneficial programmes in training and education, research and innovation, industry – particularly in aeronautics, space, and agrifood – agriculture and winegrowing, products with certified origins and quality, communication infrastructures, the environment and sustainable development, etc.

MALTA 2

4,403,357 501,103,000

Service industries represent a larger proportion of jobs than the average among European regions

Helsinki

GREAT BRITAIN

543,965 62,799,000

Source : Insee - Eurostat - 2009.

Source : Eurostat - 2008 data.

> 125

41,308 3,227,000

SWEDEN

* PPS = purchasing power standard. By expressing GDP in terms of PPS, Eurostat eliminates the price differentials between countries. Calculating per inhabitant facilitates comparisons between economies of very different sizes.

GDP PER CAPITA IN PPS

27 EU COUNTRIES

CHANGE IN POPULATION 1999-2010 (%)

Population density (per km²)

European Union: 27 countries, 271 regions. France: 26 regions.

MAINLAND FRANCE

Source : Aquitaine Regional Council.

A VERY ATTRACTIVE REGION As of 1st January 2010, Aquitaine had the 6th largest population among the French regions, with 3.2 million inhabitants. In eleven years, the population has grown by 11.0 %, i.e. at a faster rate than average for mainland France (7.3 %). It is one of the most attractive and demographically dynamic French regions.

DEmographics

POPULATION GROWTH ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE

Population growth in Aquitaine between 1999 and 2010 was the

The region’s population grew by

319,000

over the past eleven years, mainly thanks to incomers, as the natural population increase was quite modest. Aquitaine is the French region with the highest annual average net migration

Annual relative variation 1999-2010

highest in France

Average annual variation (%) due to natural increase due to net migration

expected for the period 2007-2040 (23,000 persons). Over half of the incomers were aged 30-59 and brought children with them.

Aquitaine

MAINLAND FRANCE

AQUITAINE’S RANK INMAINLAND FRANCE

1.0 0.1 0.9

0.6 0.4 0.2

4th 17th 4th

Source : Insee - Estimated figures on 1st January 2010.

AN AGE PYRAMID TYPICAL OF REGIONS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE

SIGNIFICANT LOCAL VARIATIONS Nord-Pas-deCalais

4,026

0.7 %

Aquitaine has a population density of 78 inhabitants per km2 (compared to 115 in mainland France as a whole), due to the vast forests, which occupy 43 % of the land area. Nearly 3/4 of the people in Aquitaine live in urban and suburban areas.

MAINLAND FRANCE

62,799

7.3 %

Picardie Haute-Normandie

1,833

1,914

3.0 %

There are fewer young people under 20 (22.6 %) in Aquitaine than over 60 (25.5 %). In contrast, they represent nearly one quarter of the population (24.6 %) in France as a whole, compared to 22.4 % for over 60s.

Basse-Normandie

1,474

3.6 %

11,798

Bretagne

3,195

Lorraine

Ile-de-France

7.7 %

2,350

ChampagneArdenne

9.9 %

1,334

1.7 %

-0.6 %

1,856

7.0 %

Ages 90

Pays de la Loire

3,565

2009 age pyramid

Alsace

Centre

10.7 %

2,545

4.3 %

Bourgogne

1,643

Franche-Comté

2.0 %

1,173

5.0 %

Men

GROWTH RATE 1999 – 2010 (%) 11

PoitouCharentes

1,774

8.1 %

Limousin

746

4.9 %

Auvergne

1,345

Rhône-Alpes

2.8 %

6,212

10.0 %

590 or more 290 - 690 144 - 290 80 - 144 48 - 80 23 - 48 under 23

Aquitaine

11.0 % Midi-Pyrénées

2,893

Provence-AlpesCôte d’Azur

13.4 %

4,951

LanguedocRoussillon

2,633

14.7 %

311

According to Insee projections, Aquitaine will have 3.9 million inhabitants in 2040, representing a growth of 20.2 % compared to 2010, or 23,000 additional inhabitants per year. The population of mainland France is predicted to increase by 12.6 %.

REgion Estimated population on 01/01/10

Growth rate 1999-2010

Source : Insee - Estimated population on 1st January 2010. Units: thousands of inhabitants.

19.4 %

590 or more 290 - 690 144 - 290 80 - 144 48 - 80 23 - 48 under 23

URBAN UNITS

POPULATION IN 2007*

CHANGE 1999-2007 (%)

Bordeaux Bayonne Pau Agen Périgueux Bergerac La Teste - Arcachon Villeneuve-sur-Lot Dax Mont-de-Marsan

831,788 219,570 199,199 78,517 64,909 62,941 59,774 49,296 47,588 38,633

7.5 7.6 8.2 9.0 2.2 4.3 10.3 4.4 13.9 5.4

5 dEpartments

Dordogne : 411,266 inhabitants Gironde : 1,434,192 inhabitants Landes : 377,381 inhabitants Lot-et-Garonne : 328,213 inhabitants Pyrénées-Atlantiques : 651,665 inhabitants Source : Insee - Estimated figures on 1st January 2009.

Source : Insee - 2007 census (urban units) and 2008 (density).

Source : Insee - Local population estimates 01/01/2009.

*Corresponding to 2010 boundaries.

Sources : Insee - OMPHALE model.

Population per km²

9.9 %

Corse

IN 30 YEARS’ TIME…

Number of people per 1,000 inhabitants

Population per km²

- 0,6

3,227

Women

Aquitaine has promoted extensive development in communication infrastructures. Travel and trade are facilitated by six airports, TGV high speed train links, TER regional express trains, ports in Bordeaux and Bayonne, and a well-developed motorway network. Installation of information and communication technologies (ICT) continues to develop strongly in homes and businesses.

COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURES

FAST-GROWING PASSENGER TRAFFIC

+ 42.9 %

From 2003 to 2009, regional passenger rail traffic (TER) increased by 42.9 % compared to 41.0 % in France as a whole. The strongest growth was on the Bordeaux-Hendaye and Bordeaux-Pau-Tarbes lines.

PASSENGER TRAFFIC 5,623,348 Bordeaux-Mérignac

3,660,042

Biarritz-AngletBayonne

989,622

Pau-Pyrénées

673,697

BergeracDordogne-Périgord

259,993

Agen-La-Garenne

31,324

Périgueux-Bassillac

8,940

TGV**

Aquitaine-Ile-de-France

15,600,000

TER ***

Aquitaine

524.5 V.km

In 2010, Aquitaine was France’s 11th largest exporting region, with 13.3 billion euros of exports and imports worth 11.4 billion euros. Its foreign trade is highly concentrated in a few specialised industries: agrifood, aeronautics and space, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals.

3rd French region for aeronautics and space exports , *

From 2005 to 2010, air passenger traffic increased by 14.8 % in Aquitaine, compared to 8.2 % in mainland France.

Aquitaine is also the French leader for exports of manufactured wood products and 2nd for overseas sales of beverages, paper-cardboard, and vegetable products. * These statistics are understated as they do not include the defence sector (confidential) and the extent of outsourced production of parts used in products exported by other regions.

LARGE-SCALE PROJECTS TOTAL PASSENGERS

AIRPORTS*

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

STRONG INDUSTRIAL SPECIALISATION

20 million passengers

Aquitaine accounted for 3.4 % of total French exports in 2010. The top six exports represented 60 % of the regional total, whereas it took

The Tours-Bordeaux high-speed railway service will reduce the Bordeaux-Paris trip to just 2 hours in 2017 and is expected to attract 20 million passengers. By around 2020, the line will be extended to Spain and Toulouse. In addition, the new Poitiers-Limoges line will improve rail links to Périgueux. The opening of the Pau-Bordeaux motorway in December 2010 completed the Aquitaine highway network.

EXPORTS BY activity Food industry* Aeronautics, space, and shipbuilding

Mechanical, electrical, electronic, and computer equipment Farm crops and animals Metallurgy products Automobile industry

A WELL-CONNECTED REGION

19.1 %

11.1 % 10.8 %

6.9 %

9.4 %

Chemicals Wood, paper, and cardboard

19.7 %

9.3 %

Pharmaceuticals

* Including transit - Airports - 2010. ** SNCF estimate - 2009. *** In million passenger-kilometres (number of passengers x number of km travelled) - SNCF - Aquitaine Regional Council - 2010.

eleven products to reach this level in France as a whole. This reflects the highly specialised nature of industry in the region.

7.4 %

2.1 %

3.4 % 4.8 % 3.9 %

2,547 M€

1,437 M€

1,252 M€ 11.9 %

981 M€ 920 M€

6.9 % 6.5 %

2,623 M€

19.3 %

634 M€ 7.5 % 518 M€

Source : Customs. Share of the sector in the total for Aquitaine Share of the sector in the total for France

9.9 %

*Including beverages Source : Customs - 2010.

The ICT industry represents over 3,700 firms and nearly 23,000 jobs in Aquitaine. This is the leading French region for healthrelated ICT businesses, with almost half the country’s total turnover in this sector.

NB : These figures do not cover imports to Aquitaine. The presence of logistics hubs and facilities in this region means it receives imports intended not only for Aquitaine but also for other parts of France. Thanks to the vehicle logistics hub at the Port of Bayonne, the automotive industry represented 10 % of the region’s imports

• 48 % of Aquitaine has at least 2Mb broadband coverage

EUROPE AND THE USA A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP

• 688 public Internet access points (+ 58 % since 2008) • 92 % of SMEs in Aquitaine have Internet connections and 95 % in France (compared to 89 % and 95 %, respectively, in 2008)

4th Shipping connections The port of Bordeaux is the 5th largest in France in terms of cargo traffic and the port of Bayonne is 11th. Ports

Source : Aquitaine Europe Communication - 2010.

Bordeaux

8,723

Bayonne

4,208

EXPORTS BY COUNTRY 15.3 % 41.3 %

with 14.2 % of total turnover: aeronautics and space products, medical instruments, optics, and automotive equipment. Spain is both the region’s N°1 customer (2 billion euros, 15.3 %) and supplier (1.9 billion euros, 17.3 %). The European Union is Aquitaine’s major trading partner, with 57.4% of all exports and 58.9% of all imports.

14.2 % 9.7 %

Aquitaine is the 4th French exporting region to the United States,

4.0 % 7.5 %

Spain 2,037 United Kingdom 1,011

8.0 %

United States 1,897

Germany 1,291

Belgium 530

Italy 1,067 Other 5,510

Source : Customs - M€.

In thousands of tonnes - Ports - 2010.

Exports from Aquitaine to the BRICs increased by 76.8 % between 2006 and 2010, representing 4.8 % of the region’s total exports (+132.1 % and 6.0 %, respectively, for France).

857 M€

Total exports (billion euros) Aquitaine : 13.3 France : 392.8

•6 3 % of Aquitaine has 3G mobile phone coverage

637 million euros of exports to Brazil, Russia, India, and China (the BRIC countries)

32,400 new businesses in 2010, or 5.5 % of the national total, put Aquitaine in 5th place among the French regions. There was an increase of 87 % between 2008 and 2010, following the introduction of a flexible small entrepreneur scheme, which speeded up the new business registration process in Aquitaine, as elsewhere in France. 59 % of businesses set up in 2010 adopted this new format.

NEW BUSINESSES

Added value (billion euros - 2009)

In 2010, the new business creation rate (ratio of new businesses set up in a year to existing firms on 1st January of that year) was 17.9 %, on a par with other regions outside Paris (18.1 % in mainland France).

Nord-Pas-deCalais

26,540 Haute-Normandie

12,053

12,351

10,120

150,379

16,545

129

ChampagneArdenne

9,056

MAINLAND FRANCE

Centre

18,302

Alsace

15,025

11,724

13,964

New businesses

New business density per 10,000 inhabitants

Rhône-Alpes

9,338

62,940

102

Aquitaine

101 Midi-Pyrénées

29,518

103

LanguedocRoussillon

35,809

New firms were overwhelmingly in the service sector: 25,100 businesses, representing 77.7 % of the total. This figure is comparable to other parts of France outside Paris (78.4 %), but lower than mainland France as a whole (80.2 %). Industry and construction represented 5.6 % and 16.8 % of new firms, respectively.

Provence-AlpesCôte d’Azur

69,943

143

138

Corse Champ : All non-agricultural business activities Source : Insee - APCE - 2010.

4,201

140

YOUNG FIRMS CREATE JOBS The 3,545 businesses established in 2006 and still operating in 2009 accounted for 8,739 jobs, including 5,002 salaried positions. Their workforces had grown by 28.7 % since they went into business.

NEW INDUSTRIAL FIRMS MORE SUSTAINABLE THAN SERVICES 64.7 % of the firms set up in 2006 were still operating in 2009. The chances of success were much higher with takeovers as opposed to starting from scratch, and in industry rather than other sectors.

Jobs (31/12/2008) Including salaried jobs

973,688 884,282

75.6 77.7

4.8 4.7

New businesses (2010)

25,143

77.6

5.2

Source : Insee 2009 - SINE surveys in 2002 and 2006, before the small entrepreneur scheme started.

KEY FIGURES

15.2 %

4.8 %

Medical-social and social accommodation facilities, social services without accommodation

94,782

Education

79,536

4.9 %

Health care

71,825

5.0 %

Administrative and support services

67,477

Transport and warehousing

59,290

Accommodation and catering

40,565

Households employing service staff

34,573

Finance and insurance

31,412

Legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, monitoring and technical analysis activities

30,886

Other service activities

20,140

8.1 %

2.3 %

Other specialised scientific and technical services

11,328 1.3 %

Real estate

10,664 1.2%

IT services

8,626

Scientific research-development

8,792

Telecommunications

7,300

Publishing, audiovisual, and broadcasting

4,157

4.7 %

The retail sector, household employers, social services, and scientific research & development were relatively larger than in France as a whole.

% SERVICES IN AQUITAINE 23.8 17.5 21.3

From 1998 to 2008, 21,300 jobs were created in the retail sector, representing an increase of 16 %, compared to the national average of 12 %. Aquitaine is the 6th region in France by supermarket sales area.

New businesses (2010)

6.3 %

3.8 %

6,907

Establishments 35,717 (31/12/2008) Salaried jobs (31/12/2008) 118,483

6.7%

3.6 % 3.8 % 3.5 % 3.5 %

New businesses (2010)

KEY FIGURES

7.6 %

4.4 % 4.6 % 4.6 % 3.9 %

Establishments 46,178 (31/12/2008) Salaried jobs (31/12/2008) 155,178

BUSINESS SERVICES*

9.0 %

4.4 %

12,630 1.4 %

283

10.7 %

6.0 %

Arts, entertainment, and leisure activities

Offshore activities

17.5 %

5.1 %

6,181

% SERVICES IN AQUITAINE 18.4 13.4 19.1

*Legal, accounting, management, architecture, engineering, technical monitoring and analyses, scientific research-development, other specialised scientific and technical services, administrative and support functions.

Over half the employees in this sector worked in support services for businesses (rentals, security, cleaning, etc.).

4.7 % 4.5 % 1.0 %

PERSONAL SERVICES*

2.7 % 1.0 % 0.8 % 0.5 % 2.0 % NS 1.4 %

KEY FIGURES

5.8 % 4.5 %

Share of services in Aquitaine (%) Aquitaine / France (%)

Establishments 33,955 (31/12/2008) Salaried jobs (31/12/2008) 107,908 New businesses (2010)

5,837

% SERVICES IN AQUITAINE 17.5 12.2 23.2

Salaried workforce

NB : The breakdown of these sectors was modified following the adoption of the French Business Classification rev. 2 in 2008. It is not possible to compare these figures with those of previous reports. Source : Insee - Local employment estimates on 31/12/2008.

RETAIL TRADE

130,000 new salaried jobs in 10 years Government services 134,838

Limousin

5,022

32,389

5.4

Car and motorcycle sales and repairs 155,178

Auvergne

REgion

8,705

Franche-Comté

PoitouCharentes

101

4.4

65.4

represented a growth of 17.1 %, higher than the overall rate in mainland France (16.0 %).

Bourgogne

NEW BUSINESS DENSITY per 10,000 inhabitants

FRANCE EXCLUDING THE PARIS AREA

451,194

76.8

193,800

FASTER GROWTH IN SALARIED EMPLOYMENT THAN IN FRANCE AS A WHOLE

Pays de la Loire

25,546

59.3

Establishments* (31/12/2008)

Source : Insee.

,Ile-de-France

Bretagne

SHARE IN AQUITAINE / MAINLAND FRANCE (%)

64 Lorraine

SHARE IN THE AQUITAINE TOTAL (%)

* An establishment is a geographically separate production unit, which is legally dependent on a parent company.

Picardie

Basse-Normandie

601,570

SERVICE INDUSTRies

KEY FIGURES

region for business start-ups

22,100

Service industries generate 3/4 of the region’s added value. The main fields are public administration, the health sector, social services, retail outlets, and education – representing almost half of all service employees – in line with the national average. Tertiary market services contributed over half (51.5 %) of this sector’s added value, making Aquitaine the 7th French region in this field.

*Accommodation and catering, arts, entertainment and leisure activities, other services, and households employing service staff.

Hotels, coffee shops, restaurants represented 46.2 % of jobs in this sector, while household and personal services accounted for 30.4 %.

Aquitaine is the 5 busiest French region for tourism, with 95.7 million guest nights* in 2010 (85 % for tourists from outside the region). It owes its success to a wide range of attractive locations, as well as varied sports and leisure activities, including surfing, sailing, hiking, and rafting. th

Tourism

AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, AND FISHING

SHARE IN THE AQUITAINE TOTAL (%)

SHARE IN AQUITAINE / MAINLAND FRANCE (%)

2.4

3.1

8.2

Jobs (31/12/2008) Including salaried jobs

59,836 26,298

4.6 2.3

8.9 11.6

Farms* (2007 structural survey)

43,850

8.6

Agricultural land in use (hectares - 2010)

1,537,907

5.3

Outstanding natural sites

KEY FIGURES

These include 270 km of Atlantic coastline, the Pyrenees National Park, the Landes de Gascogne and Périgord-Limousin regional parks, the Basque Country, the Dordogne, Arcachon Bay, the Bordeaux vineyards, and five UNESCO World Heritage Sites:

Bordeaux, Blaye, the Vézère Valley (birthplace of man, including Les Eyzies, Lascaux Cave, etc.), Saint-Emilion, and sites on the pilgrim trail to Santiago de Compostela, etc.

Aquitaine is the 3rd French region for agritourism and over 2,300 farms belong to quality assurance networks.

Almost 80 % of Aquitaine’s land area is devoted to agriculture and forestry, two key sectors in the regional economy. Aquitaine is the 2nd agricultural region in France by added value, after Champagne-Ardenne. Aquitaine is France’s 1st region for exports of high quality agricultural products, many of which have obtained official certification.

Added value (billion euros – 2009)

Crop production accounts for two thirds of agricultural activity, dominated by winegrowing Total agricultural production amounts to 4.77 billion euros. 5,5%

Source : Insee, Agreste - Annual agricultural statistics.

3,6%

5,3%

35,8%

8,8%

Source : Aquitaine Regional Council.

9,0%

1 european REGION FOR BOARD SPORTS st

• 80

% of European turnover

•4 00 firms and 3,200 jobs •1 25 surf spots spread along the coast

7.3 % of the region’s GDP With an annual turnover of over 6.3 billion euros, Aquitaine’s tourist industry is the 5th largest in France. Tourist-related activities employ some 67,000 people, including 38,400 direct jobs, amounting to nearly 6 % of the total Aquitaine workforce. Almost two thirds work in the hotel and restaurant sectors, mainly along the coast, with strong seasonal variations.

• O utlets for all the major surfwear brands: Quiksilver, Billabong, Ripcurl, Oxbow, Volcom, O’Neill, etc.

Source : Regional Tourism Authority. Source : Ministry of tourism - 31/12/2009.

• 1 cluster : EuroSIMA

1st region for European Ecolabel, with 27 establishments certified. Hoteliers who have adopted this sustainable development approach work to preserve the outstanding natural resources and environment in the areas where they operate. Source : Afnor - 2011.

1st French region for spas and hydrotherapy • 91,898 spa patients in 2010 • 5th region by the number of spas. Dax is the largest of the 12 spa centres in Aquitaine, as well as in France as a whole, accounting for 60 % of all spa patients in the region. • 1 cluster : Aqui o’ thermes Source : National Council of Spa Operators.

Aquitaine has the 2 highest campsite capacity in France and the 3rd largest number of holiday flats and complexes. nd

1st cultivated forest in Europe

• L argest forested region in France, certified by the «Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification schemes» (PEFC): 1.8 million hectares of forest: 60 % conifers. • Following severe storm Klaus in January 2009: 14.8 million m 3 harvested (59 % construction timber, 39 % for industrial wood products, and 2 % for energy) • 1st link in a major industrial and service sector • the entire industry represents a turnover of 2.5 billion euros

1st Appellation wine producing region in the world

• 1 43,056 hectares under vine (currently in production): 96 % produce Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée wine (AOC - registered designation of origin) • 2nd region for fine wine production: 1.7 billion euros • 2nd region for exports, with 1.5 billion euros in sales (2010)

1st maize-producing region in Europe 1

French region for fatted duck and goose production • Nearly half of the national production of fatted ducks (17.1 million birds) and geese (0.3 million birds), as well as duck and goose foie gras

29 % of hotel and campsite guests in Aquitaine are foreign (42 % in France). Three quarters of the foreign tourists are Dutch, German, and British. Source : Insee - Ministry of Tourism - 2010.

Appellation wines Maize Fruit and vegetables Other crops

8,1%

Cattle Poultry and eggs Milk and dairy products Other animal products Services

Source : Agreste - 2009. Estimated value of agricultural production, excluding forestry and fishing.

Aquitaine also produces over 90 % of the Agen plums, over half the kiwis and hazelnuts, and over a third of the strawberries in France.

1st French region for quality-certified farms.

• 2 ,000 organic farms with 200 million euros turnover in 2010 • 83 Appellations d’Origine Contrôlée (AOC), 14 protected geographical indications, and

fish-farming region in France

54 «Label rouge» quality certifications.

• Fishing: 4.4 % of national production by value. • 20 % of French salmonid production • Shellfish farming: 9,000 tonnes of oysters. Leading French region for spat production

* One guest night = one tourist staying in Aquitaine for one night.

Source : Agreste 2008 - 2009. Sources : Draaf Aquitaine - Aquitaine Regional Council - Insee - 2009.

10,9%

HIGH QUALITY AGRICULTURE

• Grain maize: 2.9 million tonnes, or 1/5 of total national production • Sweet corn: 85 % of total national production • Seed maize: 28 % of total national production • 345,200 hectares, or over 20 % of all agricultural land in the region.

DIVERSIFIED HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION

13,0%

LEADING POSITIONs

Aquitaine offers a wide range of educational opportunities to promote the successful integration of young people in the workforce and enhance the region’s competitiveness and attractiveness in the fast-globalising knowledge-based economy. Bordeaux University is one of the top-ranking French universities, according to the Agency for the evaluation of research and higher education (AERES).

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

1,144 M€

« Baccalauréat* » success rate above the national average.

Over 107,400 students: two thirds registered at the university

The percentage of passes in the vocational and technological « Baccalauréat* » examinations is markedly higher than the national average.

Student numbers rose by 4.6 % between 2005 and 2010, compared to 3.2 % in France as a whole. In 2009, the proportion of students from other regions or countries (25.8 %) was higher than the national average (22.6 %).

*H igh school leaving certificate. 89.0 %

88.2 %

87.9 %

87.1 %

86.1 % 82.3 %

83.6 %

N° OF STUDENTS % Total

86.5 %

Universities* university technology institutes teacher-training colleges

Higher education establishments Technical courses Preparatory classes for «grandes écoles»

71,214 5,350 1,369 21,307 11,971 2,944

66.3 5.0 1.3 19.9 11.1 2.7

* Bordeaux University and the University of Pau and Pays de l’Adour. Source : Bordeaux Education Authority - 2010/2011.

Number of passes in Aquitaine

General

Technological

Vocational

Total

14,918

6,190

6,734

27,842

Pass rate in Aquitaine

Over a billion euros for research

In 2008, regional expenditure on research and development (DRID) reached 1.144 billion euros, excluding the defence sector, which is a major R&D field in Aquitaine. Corporate investments

3 degree courses at Bordeaux University

Source : Ministry of higher education and research (MESR) 2011 session.

were rated A+

OVER 4,200 ENGINEERING STUDENTS

by the AERES (Agency for the evaluation of research and higher education): economics and management, sociology, and psychology.

The number of engineering students has grown by over 70 % in the past ten years. The Institut d’Optique Graduate School (IOGS) will open a campus in Aquitaine in 2012, with an intake of 100 undergraduates and 50 Master’s degree students.

Bordeaux-Montesquieu (law, economics, and management) and Bordeaux-Victor Segalen (life sciences, health sciences, and human sciences) universities ranked 4th and 5th among French universities, respectively, for the number of degree courses rated A+ and A. Source : AERES - June 2010.

Source : MESR - 2010.

From CAP (level 3) to BTS (level 5), one in four young people in vocational training choose apprenticeships

Two vocational training centres in Aquitaine were among the four «Investment in the future» programmes selected in the entire country: Aérocampus in Latresne (Gironde) and the «résidence jeunes travailleurs» in Bordes (Pyrénées-Atlantiques). They provide vocational sandwich courses and accommodation for apprentices in the aeronautics industry.

• 87 vocational schools with 29,800 students • 18,664 apprentices (5th French region) • 60 apprentice training centres approved by the Aquitaine Regional Council • 40 apprentice training units • 25 apprenticeship sections • 53 % of apprentices on level 3 courses in the European Qualification Framework (CAP- BEP).

Source : Aquitaine Regional Council - 2011.

Source : Educational Authority - Aquitaine Regional Council - 2010.

Bordeaux University was chosen to participate in the countrywide «Plan Campus» scheme to establish 12 internationally-recognised university centres of excellence in France. 12

accounted for nearly two thirds of this sum. Aquitaine represented 2.8 % of total French DIRD and 5.1 % excluding the figures for Paris.

Over 12,000 people, including nearly 7,100 researchers (over 60 %), are employed in research (7th place) Over half work in private firms. Private research is mainly focused on the civil aeronautics, chemical, and health sectors.

RESEARCH: MAIN AREAS OF EXCELLENCE • Chemistry - materials

AN INNOVATIVE REGION

• Optics - lasers In 2010, innovative firms in Aquitaine received 17.7 million euros in subsidies from Oséo Innovation and 17.0 million euros in innovation incentives from the Aquitaine Regional Council.

UNIVERSITY EXCELLENCE

Pass rate in mainland France

PLAN CAMPUS

RESEARCH AND INNOVATION

Aquitaine has high-level expertise in the fields of science, technology, and education. This has enhanced its reputation as an attractive area with a high capacity for innovation that gives local firms a competitive edge. Aquitaine’s leaders in research and innovation were successfully mobilised in the context of the «Investment in the future» programme.

RANKING Aquitaine IN FRANCE Firms qualified for research tax credit in 2008 Projects in incubators* 2000-2009 New businesses resulting from incubator projects 2000-2009 Creation rate (%) Number of CIFRE theses** Number of certified technology dissemination units*** on 01/01/2011

MAINLAND FRANCE

FRANCE EXCLUDING PARIS

340

8th

9,375

6,109

9th

2,579

2,198

69 71.1 104

7th 4th 6th

1,649 63.9 2,387

1,349 61.4 1,431

2nd

127

121

* An incubator is a structure set up to support new businesses developing commercial applications for university research

** «Research in industry» training contracts: PhD students working in private firms or laboratories. *** 8 technology resource centres, 2 technology dissemination units, and 2 technology platforms.

• Medical sciences (neuroscience, cancerology, cardiology) •E nvironmental sciences (forestry, viticulture and oenology, water coastal ecology) • I nformation science and technology • H uman and social sciences (archaeology, economics innovation, African studies)

7th region in France by patents registered: 400

Source : MESR. Source : INPI - 2010

«INVESTMENT IN THE FUTURE» PROGRAMME Aquitaine region and Bordeaux University have one of the highest success rates

6 Equipex (3rd French region) Scientific equipment projects were selected in the biology-health, energy-laser, nanotechnology, and environmental science fields. Aquitaine is also involved in the national robotics network.

This national call for projects was aimed at reinforcing the excellence of French research and developing synergies between public and private research establishments

1 IDEX (Excellence initiative) Objective: promote world-class research and higher education centres. Bordeaux was one of the first three universities selected.

5 LabEx and 4 partnerships The laboratory centres of excellence selected specialise in the environment, medical imaging, archaeology, materials, and neuroscience.

1 IHU (University hospital institute) The Institute of cardiac rythmology and modelling, led by Bordeaux University and its foundation, was one of the 6 winning projects.

The aim of this scientific and educational project is to reorganise research and teaching resources and renovate university buildings.

Source : Bordeaux University - June 2011.

INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION

The key features of industry in Aquitaine are the number of large industries and new, fast-developing, high-added-value businesses. In addition to high- and mid-tech (aeronautics, space and defence, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and materials) and traditional (agribusiness, wood-paper) industries, the region also specialises in high-potential, innovative fields: lasers, biotechnology, new energies, composite and nanostructured materials, etc.

Added value (billion euros – 2009) Establishments* (31/12/2008) Jobs (31/12/2008) Including salaried jobs

New businesses (2010)

SHARE IN THE AQUITAINE TOTAL (%)

SHARE IN AQUITAINE / MAINLAND FRANCE (%)

9.3

12.1

4.4

16,089

5.4

5.5

157,730 149,700

12.2 13.1

4.3 4.3

1,798

5.6

6.1

8,000 new jobs generated by foreign investments in the past 4 years

• 5th French region in terms of the number of new or maintained jobs (8,027) between 2007 and 2010: 6.3 % of the national total and 8.7 % of the total excluding Paris

* An establishment is a geographically separate production unit, which is legally dependent on a parent company.

• 7 th region in terms of the number of foreign investments in 2010: 4 % of the national total

Source : Insee.

•M ain sectors that attracted investments in 2010: medical equipment, energy-recycling, consulting-engineering

Industry in Aquitaine has a better record than the national average

Source : French agency for international investments.

for industrial employment, with 4.7 % of jobs lost in 10 years, compared to 11.7 % in mainland France as a whole. Food products, beverages, and tobacco-based products

30,132

Transport equipment

17,701

Wood products, paper industry, and printing

17,007

Other industries; machine and equipment repairs and installation

14,688

Metallurgy and metal products, excluding machinery and equipment Rubber and plastic products, as well as other nonmetallic mineral products Drinking water production and distribution; wastewater treatment, solid waste management and pollution remediation Production and distribution of electricity, gas, steam, and air conditioning

15 clusters

A cluster is a group of firms and institutions located in the same area and working together in the same business sector.

French region for agrifood products entitled to quality certification and/or geographical indications of origin.

Certified clusters: • Aqui o’thermes • Eskal Eureka: green construction • Eurosima: board sports • Fruit and vegetables / nutrition - health • Inno’vin • TOPOS: position determination technology • Uztartu: agribusiness

• 30,000 employees in 2008, 20 % of the regional total. •2 0 % of the region’s exports in 2010. • A huge diversity of products: meat, fish (fishing as well as shellfish and salmonid farming), and beverages (especially wine).

INDUSTRY KEY FIGURES

3 LEADING INDUSTRIES EMPLOY OVER HALF THE INDUSTRIAL WORKFORCE

12,751 9,779

Machinery and equipment

5,923

IT, electronics, and optics products

4,609

Textiles, apparel, leather goods, and footwear

4,409

Pharmaceuticals

3,766

Extractive industries

2,797

Electrical equipment Coking and refining

2,203 39

20.1 % 11.8 %

4.7 %

11.4 %

7.1 % 9.8 %

4.7 %

6.5 %

3.0 % 5.2 % 5.0 % 4.6 % 4.6 % 4.3 % 2.6 %

6.3 %

The agrifood, aeronautics and shipbuilding, wood-paper, water and energy production and distribution industries are relatively more important in Aquitaine than in France as a whole.

4.0 %

Other clusters: • AETOS: drone services and systems • Aquitaine Wind Industry Cluster: wind power • CREAHd: green construction • Goazen: tourism • Pôle E-Business Aquitaine Adour • Prod’Innov: nutrition and health • SYSOLIA: industrial solar systems in Aquitaine • TIC Santé: health ICT

Source : Draaf Aquitaine - Insee.

3rd largest French aeronautics and space production

•3 6,000 employees, including over 11,000 working for manufacturers and contractors in 2009. • 3rd region for the armaments industry, with 16,000 employees. • World leader in the production of helicopter turbines, landing gear, high-end business jets, and aircraft batteries. • European leader in launch and propulsion systems, radar, cockpit systems, military aircraft, high-performance composites, simulation and test-flights, and atmosphere re-entry technology.

Source : CCIR Aquitaine - June 2011.

4 certified competitiveness clusters Aerospace Valley

Xylofutur

Aeronautics, space, and embedded systems.

Cultivated forestry products and materials.

World-class cluster covering Aquitaine and Midi-Pyrénées. Europe’s leading aerospace hub.

Developing new uses for wood-based materials in construction and energy.

Avenia

Route des lasers

Geoscience and energy.

Lasers, photonics, and applications.

Diversifying energy production in an environmentally-friendly way by using geothermal sources.

Mégajoule: the largest laser in the world, centrepiece of a complex covering the entire range from basic research to industrial applications.

These competitiveness clusters, working on highly innovative projects, rely on the combined efforts of firms, educational institutions, and research and technology transfer units. Source : Aquitaine Regional Council - June 2011.

3.1 % 3.0 %

CONSTRUCTION

2.9 % 3.2 % 2.5 %

• 32,000 employees in the industry as a whole in 2008, with half in industry and a quarter in construction. • 981 million euros in exports, or 7.4 % of the region’s total in 2010. • 1st region for forestry, sawmills and wooden flooring, paper pulp, paper, and cardboard.

8.5 %

2.9 %

7,531 6,899

National leader in wood, paper, and furniture production

Source : Aquitaine Regional Council - Insee (annual survey Dec. 2010).

5.3 %

9,466

Chemical industry

Source : Insee.

4.3 %

1.9 %

10.4 % Share of industry in Aquitaine (%)

1.5 % 1.7 %

Aquitaine / France (%)

NS 0.3 %

SHARE IN AQUITAINE / MAINLAND FRANCE (%)

6.1

8.0

5.7

Establishments* (31/12/2008)

28,359

9.6

6.2

nd The French region in terms of new buildings built to «high environmental quality» (HQE) specifications

Jobs (31/12/2008)

97,452 77,393

7.6 6.8

5.5 5.2

4th region for zero-interest eco-loans

5,448

16.8

6.1

Added value (billion euros – 2009)

Including salaried jobs

New businesses (2010)

Salaried workforce

* An establishment is a geographically separate production unit, which is legally dependent on a parent company. Source : Insee.

Aquitaine is :

SHARE IN THE AQUITAINE TOTAL (%)

KEY FIGURES

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EDITORIAL

Aquitaine offers an outstanding living environment and has a long tradition of hospitality and a gracious lifestyle. This traditional image has gradually evolved: the region’s scientific expertise is now recognised worldwide, its educational institutions attract increasing numbers of high-calibre students, and innovative businesses with high-growth potential flourish in this environment. This new dynamism is a tremendous advantage in the current economic and financial crisis. This information pack, developed in partnership by both of our institutions, is aimed at all those who wish to know more about the regional economy, put into perspective in its French and European environment. We are pleased to offer you this in-depth overview of our region, consisting of statistics, graphs, and brief analyses, supported by a plethora of detailed information.

Alain ROUSSET

President of the Aquitaine Regional Council

Laurent courbu

President of the Aquitaine Regional Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ECONOMIC OVERVIEW SHARE IN AQUITAINE / MAINLAND FRANCE (%) GDP in billion euros (2009) Establishments (31/12/2008) Jobs (31/12/2008)

Including salaried jobs

Quarterly local unemployment rate (1st quarter 2011) *

85.7

4.6

296,170

5.9

1,288,706 1,137,673

4.9 4.8

9.3 %

Over 133,000 salaried jobs were created between 1998 and 2008, representing an increase of 13.2 %, above the average rate in mainland France (11.1 %). Aquitaine is currently the leading French region for new jobs in the green economy. Aquitaine had the 4th highest growth in GDP among the French regions between 2000 and 2009 (37.4 %). * Mainland France : 9.2 %. Sources : Insee - Aquitaine Regional Council.

AQUITAINE IN FIGURES th 40 European region in terms of GDP

th 4growth highest population among French regions

+ 42.9 %

strong growth in regional rail traffic (TER)

rd French region for 3aeronautics and space exports

5th region for new businesses

3/4 of regional added value in retailing and services

1forstboard region in Europe sports

st 1quality-certified French region for farms

4th 5th 1,144 M € devoted to research

Home to the and ranked universities in France

34 competitiveness leading industries and clusters

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