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AI & jobs · Metropolitan department in France

Loire-Atlantique

Metropolitan department FR-44 Largest city: Nantes
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.6 pts).
MODEL18th of 101 regions234K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
1.5M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
2.2%
7th largest of 101
People in workMODEL
652K
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.1%
national 6.0%
Area
6,729 km²
221 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
30% live in major cities
Largest city
Nantes
439K (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Pays de la Loire area (5 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.46×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
2.7%
2.2% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
35%
national 37%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 46%
Augmentation 53%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Loire-Atlantique France
Business services 14.4%
Health & care 13.8%
Retail & wholesale 12.6%
Manufacturing 10.3%
Public admin 8.7%
Education 7.5%
Construction 6.5%
Other services 5.7%
Transport & logistics 4.8%
ICT & software 4.4%
Hospitality 4.4%
Finance 3.9%
Utilities 1.7%
Agriculture 1.4%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 38.9K Health & care 38.7K Retail & wholesale 28.3K Public admin 26.8K Education 23.3K Manufacturing 14.8K Finance 13.4K ICT & software 12.9K

Ranking in France

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 101 regions.

15Meurthe-et-Moselle 36% 16Var 36% 17Réunion 36% 18Loire-Atlantique 36% 19Indre-et-Loire 36% 20Haut-Rhin 36% 21Haute-Vienne 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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