Greater Lyon involves....

	1,720,000 residents (in 2005),
	GDP 59 billion euros (Equals the GDP of the Lisbonne or Antwerp regions),
	Nearly 34,500 euro average GDP per resident versus a 23,500 euro average for EU-27,
	over 130,000 businesses accounting,
	780,000 jobs,
	11,800 business start-ups,
	124,000 students,
	10,000 researchers,
	5 competitive clusters and 2 centres of excellence,
	7,5 % unemployment (2nd quarter 2007)
	more than 500 public and private laboratories.

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Business Support Plan

Greater Lyon provides a sustainable base territory for companies and investments.

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European project: the COMPETE final report is online

COMPETE is a European Network of Cities and city-regions, established with the aim of sharing knowledge about increasing economic performance and competitiveness.  

Greater Lyon urban community worked more specifically on cluster policy / competitiveness clusters.

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The 12 economic partners of the Lyon metropolitan area revealed the new international signature for Lyon, the symbol of its European-scale ambitions and its readiness to tackle the new economic stakes of tomorrow.

Website: www.onlylyon.org