Toulouse the most attractive French metropolis in 2025 for the second consecutive year, what does that mean?
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For the second consecutive year, and according to the results of the 8th edition of the Arthur Loyd barometer, Toulouse is the most attractive French metropolis in 2025. Explanations.
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after having won first place in Lyon last year during a historical rise, Leader position . Indeed, for the second consecutive year, The pink city won the gold medal of the Arthur Loyd barometer, an annual study which deciphers the attractiveness and resilience of the territories .
a pride for Jean-Luc Moudenc, mayor of Toulouse and president of Toulouse Métropole:
" For the second consecutive year, Toulouse won the gold medal of the most attractive French metropolis, by the Arthur Loyd barometer! I am delighted, because it is the recognition of the work started for 10 years to preserve tranquility, facilitate travel and promote proximity, to make Toulouse a city. More to prove! ", He said.
Why Toulouse and not another?
in detail, the pink city won first place in the categories economic vitality, connectivity, human capital and transitions and quality of life and the sixth in the category reception of companies & amp; Professional real estate, allowing it to obtain the best score of 0.547 .
The Arthur Floyd barometer underlines that " The economic health of Toulouse is remarkable, in particular thanks to the aeronautical and space sector .". Also, the third metro line, the construction of the two new bridges played in its favor, its commitment to the Urban Refresh Charter or its university offer and its still controlled housing cost, also played in the favor of the Occitan capital.
To establish this result and pass the 50 metropolises in a screen , the study is done in two stages: a first to analyze no less 75 quantitative indicators from official sources (INSEE, Banque de France, Inpi…) .
These are grouped in 4 major themes (Economic Vitality; Enterprises and professional real estate; Connectivity, human capital and transitions; Quality of life), themselves made up of 14 items (Economic resources and resilience & amp; Economic growth; Professional real estate market and reception of businesses and costs of implantation; Demographic dynamism & amp; presence of talents, innovation & amp; transition green, international opening, national transport & amp; recharge terminals, Mobility & Mobility. Climate, amenities and urban equipment, cost of housing, higher education, health and security).
The second part of the study is devoted to territorialized analyzes , which thus complement the prize list and allow the study to be downloaded in its entirety.
to compare coherent and logical sets, the Arthur Loyd barometer is then divided into of attraction areas (Depending on the definition of INSEE, the attraction area of a city is a set of municipalities that defines the extent of the influence of a population and employment center in the surrounding municipalities):
- very large metropolises (≥ 1 million inhabitants, excluding Paris) with Toulouse, Lyon, Large metropolises (500,000 to 1 million inhabitants) where Rennes, Montpellier and Strasbourg come first. - intermediate metropolises (300,000 to 500,000 inhabitants) where Dijon, Caen and Angers are distinguished from competitors. - 000 to 300,000 inhabitants) with Bayonne, Poitiers and Valence in the trio.
A year) which thus make it possible to conclude that the classification of the most attractive French metropolises and agglomerations reveals this year significant developments and some surprises .
In fact, if, at the level of large metropolises, Toulouse firmly retains its first place, Lyon - which formerly occupied the head of the classification - must now be content with second place; Bordeaux, on the other hand, performs a invigorating ascent and reached third place.
among intermediate metropolises, Dijon is also distinguished by an impressive progression : after having gone from 6th place in 2022 to the 2nd in 2023, it wins this year first place.
As a reminder, two days earlier, the reputed British guide Time Out designated Toulouse as the 11th city of Europe to absolutely visit in 2025, the only French city among the 14 cities cited.
while the world famous guide, Lonely Planet, classified, last October, cities to discover in the world in 2025, the only French city in this ranking.
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