Demography & Employment

Demography

The population of Savoie is 400,247 people, representing 6.7% of the inhabitants in Rhône-Alpes (6 million inhabitants).
The Alpine region, of which Savoie is a part, counts 1.7 million inhabitants with large metropolitan areas like Geneva, Annecy, Chambéry and Grenoble.

Population of Principal Urban Units (Number of Inhabitants)

Chambéry : 113,457
Aix-les-Bains : 40,278
Albertville : 31,162
Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne : 15,666
Source : INSEE - May 2007

Age Distribution : 1/3 of the population is less than 25

0-24 : 31%
25-39 : 20.4%
40-59 : 27.9%
60 and over : 20.6%
Source : CCI - 2007/2008

Employment

Savoie counts 123,059 private employees, a progression of 1.2% to 2005.
As of the second trimester of 2007, the unemployment rate is 6% in Savoie, compared with 7% in Rhône-Alpes and 8% in France.

Employment distribution in Savoie by sector

Service : 61.6%
Commerce : 14%
Industry : 14.6%
Construction : 7.9%
Agriculture : 2%
Source : CCI Rhône Alpes Nov. 2006

Employment distribution by socio-professional category

Agricultural Operations : 1.8%
Executives : 8.6%
Officials, intellectual professions and other : 9.1%
Intermediary Professions : 23.9%
Employees : 30.4%
Labourers : 26.2%
Source : CCI Rhône Alpes Nov. 2006