Datasheet NUTS-3 regions
Haute-Savoie
Chamonix and the Mont Blanc (4.808m) (Image: Alpes-Images (alpes-images.ifrance.com))
Haute-Savoie <> Bozen/Bolzano
POPULATION
Population (End of the year 2005) 686362 482650
Population change 1995-2005 +11.9% +7.6%
 
Population density
Inhabitants per km² 2005 156.4 65.2
Inhabitants per km² of permanent settled areas 2005 418.7 404.6
 
Age Structure population pyramid population pyramid
Children and juveniles per 100 seniors 2005 150.0 102.6
Seniors per 100 adults 2005 16.8 20.0
 
ECONOMY
Economic structure
Percentage of agricultural jobs 0.7% 9.4%
Percentage of industrial jobs 31.9% 25.8%
Percentage of service-jobs 67.4% 64.8%
 
Gross domestic product (GDP)
GDP per capita (2002) 24634€ 32279€
GDP in power purchasing parities per capita (2002) 23628 33783
 
Unemployment
Unemployment rate (2005) 6.7% 2.7%
 
TOURISM
Overnight stays (2005) 5798710 25698308
Maximum of present persons in % of the resident population 2005 117.4% 144.6%