- Population: 11.6 million (19% of teh French population and 2.3% of the EU 27 population)
- Working population 5.4 million
- GDP: €501 billion
- GDP/per person: €46,000
- 678,513 businesses
- Europe's no. 2 location for the world's 500 largest companies
- Europe's no. 2 and France's no. 1 region for direct foreign investment
(Source : INSEE 2007)

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