Nouvelle-Aquitaine - FRI

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Composition of population according to age group, education and economic activity, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

note: in thousands, according to labour force sample survey. P – total population, E – employed, U – unemployed, I – number of ecnomically inactive

Employment by sectors, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

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Nouvelle-Aquitaine (French: [nuvɛl akitɛn]; Occitan: Nòva Aquitània [ˈnɔβɔ akiˈtanjɔ] or Novèla Aquitània [nuˈβɛlɔ akiˈtanjɔ]; Basque: Akitania Berria; Poitevin-Saintongeais: Novéle-Aguiéne) or New Aquitaine, is the largest administrative region in France, spanning the west and southwest of the mainland. The region was created by the territorial reform of French Regions in 2014 through the merger of three regions: Aquitaine, Limousin and Poitou-Charentes. It covers 84,036 km² (32,446 sq mi) – or ​¹⁄₈ of the country – and has 5,956,978 inhabitants (municipal population on 1 January 2017). The new region was established on 1 January 2016, following the regional elections in December 2015.

It is the largest region in France by area, with a territory slightly larger than that of Austria; even French Guiana is smaller. Its largest city, Bordeaux, together with its suburbs and satellite cities, forms the 7th-largest metropolitan area of France, with 850,000 inhabitants. The region has 25 major urban areas, among which the most important after Bordeaux are Bayonne (288,000 inhabitants), Limoges (283,000), Poitiers (255,000), Pau (241,000), and La Rochelle (206,000), as well as 11 major clusters. The growth of its population, particularly marked on the coast, makes this one of the most attractive areas economically in France; the new region outperforms the Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in demographic dynamism.

After Île-de-France, New Aquitaine is the premier French region in research and innovation, with five universities (Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Limoges, Poitiers and Pau) and several Grandes Ecoles. The agricultural region of Europe with the greatest turnover, it is the French region with the most tourism jobs, as it has three of the four historic resorts on the French Atlantic coast: (Arcachon, Biarritz and Royan), as well as several ski resorts (e.g. Gourette), and is the fifth French region for business creation (all sectors).

other: France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, PROVENCE-ALPES-CÔTE D’AZUR, CENTRE – VAL DE LOIRE, CORSE, Île-de-France, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Normandy, overseas department and region of France, Grand Est, BRETAGNE, Hauts-de-France, PAYS DE LA LOIRE, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Occitania

neighbours: Occitania, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Noreste, PAYS DE LA LOIRE, CENTRE – VAL DE LOIRE

subregions: Aquitaine, Limousin, Poitou-Charentes

Suggested citation: Michal Páleník: EU regions - Nouvelle-Aquitaine - FRI, IZ Bratislava, retrieved from: https://www.iz.sk/en/projects/eu-regions/FRI