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AI & jobs · Metropolitan department in France

Loire

Metropolitan department FR-42 Largest city: Saint-Étienne
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.7 pts).
MODEL12th of 101 regions122K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
774K
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
1.2%
29th largest of 101
People in workMODEL
339K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.1%
national 6.0%
Area
4,881 km²
159 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
44% live in major cities
Largest city
Saint-Étienne
266K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
2
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes area (12 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
1.10×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
11.1%
1.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
36%
national 37%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
46%
national 46%
Augmentation 54%Automation 46%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Loire France
Business services 14.8%
Health & care 13.7%
Retail & wholesale 12.5%
Manufacturing 10.1%
Public admin 8.7%
Education 7.4%
Construction 6.4%
Other services 5.6%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
ICT & software 4.6%
Hospitality 4.3%
Finance 4.0%
Utilities 1.7%
Agriculture 1.2%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 20.8K Health & care 20K Retail & wholesale 14.6K Public admin 14K Education 12K Manufacturing 7,564 Finance 7,240 ICT & software 7,040

Ranking in France

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 101 regions.

9Gironde 36% 10Bas-Rhin 36% 11Guadeloupe 36% 12Loire 36% 13Moselle 36% 14Hérault 36% 15Meurthe-et-Moselle 36%
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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