Toulouse, one of the most dynamic regions in Europe

• Economic growth: +2,9%/year in GDP per capita  – in Europe’s top 10 urban areas (of more than 1m people (400 in Europe), Eurostat Urban Europe 2016)
• Demographic growth:
  
  • 1,3m population – 4th French urban area
  • +200 000 people in 10 years – in Europe’s top 10 urban areas (Eurostat Urban Europe 2016)
• Job creation: +70 000 employees in the private sector in 10 years
• First region for the share of GDP devoted to R&D (3.7%) and the only region to have reached the 3% objective put in place by the European Commission as part of the Europe 2020 strategy (Insee, 2017)
• Having 14 competitiveness clusters, the region counts more than any other in France (Insee 2017)
• Balance of trade: +€8,7bn. in 2016 (France: - 64,6bn)
• Employee and worker satisfaction: 1st city in 8 developed countries (Censuswide 2016 – in front of Halifax, Charlotte, Dortmund and Berlin)
• Start-up creations (excluding Paris – Trendeo 2016)

*The Toulouse-Paris flight is the most frequented in Europe with 2.3M passengers/year*

• Only 7km away from the city center
• Highest rated French airport on flight-report.com (8,1/10)  and the only French airport in the Top 20 worldwide
• 9.6m passengers in 2018
  • 23 new routes (7 Ryanair routes)
  • National (+2,6 %) international (+10,5 %) traffic growth
• 80 destinations (of which 63 are international), 120 daily departures
• Number of daily direct flights to European major cities:
  Paris: 40
  London: 10
  Madrid: 8
  Brussels: 4
  Amsterdam: 3
  Rome: 2
• Geneva: 1
• Berlin: 1, Munich 4, Frankfurt 3