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AI & jobs · Metropolitan department in France

Cher

Metropolitan department FR-18 Largest city: Bourges
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.2 pts).
MODEL41st of 101 regions46.5K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
299K
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
0.4%
76th largest of 101
People in workMODEL
131K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.0%
national 6.0%
Area
7,300 km²
41 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Mixed
24% live in major cities
Largest city
Bourges
72.3K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Centre-Val de Loire area (6 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.39×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
1.5%
0.4% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
36%
national 37%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 46%
Augmentation 53%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

Estimated share of jobs by sector, against the national mix.

Cher France
Health & care 14.0%
Business services 13.1%
Retail & wholesale 12.9%
Manufacturing 10.7%
Public admin 8.5%
Education 7.9%
Construction 6.7%
Other services 5.8%
Transport & logistics 5.0%
Hospitality 4.4%
ICT & software 3.8%
Finance 3.4%
Agriculture 1.8%
Utilities 1.8%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Health & care 7,931 Business services 7,124 Retail & wholesale 5,791 Public admin 5,289 Education 4,881 Manufacturing 3,103 Finance 2,381 ICT & software 2,259

Ranking in France

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 101 regions.

38Pyrenees-Atlantics 36% 39Hautes-Pyrénées 36% 40Finistère 36% 41Cher 36% 42Corrèze 35% 43Vienne 35% 44Haute-Corse 35%
About these estimates. No source publishes AI exposure by region for every country. The model splits France's real ILO sector employment across regions using population (Wikidata) and density: denser, capital-city regions get more finance, ICT and professional jobs, and rural regions more farming. Totals match national figures. AI usage figures are measured, not modelled. Methodology

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