The Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts combine population and employment growths

Territorial population and employment dynamics are partly linked: population growth can stimulate the economy and conversely, low unemployment can be a factor of attractiveness for people. Thus, between 2010 and 2015, employment and population increased significantly along the Atlantic coast, around the Mediterranean and along the Rhône Valley. This dynamism was already at work in recent decades. On the other hand, in the distant suburb of Paris, as well as in the East of the country and in the Massif Central, many territories decline from the point of view of employment and population. For some of them, this finding is not recent. For others, the decline observed between 2010 and 2015 marks a break with the increase from 1975 to 2010. Finally, between these situations of dynamism and decline, a heterogeneous set of labor market areas is marked by a contrast between an upward trend in the population and a more or less strong decline in employment. These contrasting movements mainly concern the periphery of Paris or other economic centers in the west of the country.