MAP - Employment: the French regions most affected by the crisis

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In France, the effects of the economic crisis caused by the Covid-19 epidemic are already being felt.

A study by Arthur Loyd, specializing in business real estate, uncovers two France, based on data from the Central Agency of Social Security Organizations (Acoss): one strongly affected by the destruction of employment in the first semester and the other which was able to limit the breakage. 

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Part of France has, in fact, suffered the full brunt of the shock of the health crisis with significant job losses.

The departments most affected are

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: areas often predominantly rural.

In these territories, many precarious contracts and interim assignments were not renewed from March-April.

In this France, there are also departments whose activity is strongly linked to tourism, which has suffered greatly because of the confinement.

Large cities generally better off 

This survey also shows a France which knew how to limit the breakage.

Unsurprisingly, the departments which benefit from the attractiveness of a large metropolis, such as Lyon, Strasbourg, Toulouse, Bordeaux or Lille, are doing better.

In these large cities and in the territories surrounding them, the diversity of the economic fabric has helped to mitigate the shock.

© ACOSS data, Arthur Loyd processing

There is, however, a surprising exception: Île-de-France.

Its dynamism could have sheltered it but, in fact, the capital region concentrates more than a quarter of the job losses recorded throughout France in the first half of the year.

This observation can be explained by the very strong exposure of this area to professions which have suffered enormously with the confinement: tourism, events, culture and airport activities.