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Employment zone
Definition
An employment zone is a geographical area within which most of the labour force lives and works, and in which establishments can find the main part of the labour force necessary to occupy the offered jobs.
The division into employment zones provides a breakdown of the territory adapted to local studies on employment.The zoning also defines relevant territories for local diagnoses and can guide the demarcation of territories for the implementation of territorial policies introduced by public authorities or local actors. This zoning is defined at once for metropolitan France and french overseas department.
The updated cutting is based on the flows of movement from residence to work of active persons observed during the 2006 census. The list of the municipalities is the one datum by the Geographical Official Code (COG).
