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AI & jobs · Metropolitan department in France

Nord

Metropolitan department FR-59 Largest city: Lille
36%
of jobs here are estimated to be exposed to generative AI, above the national 35% (+0.9 pts).
MODEL8th of 101 regions416K exposed workers

Key numbers

PopulationWIKIDATA
2.6M
as of 2023
Share of national populationWIKIDATA
3.9%
1st largest of 101
People in workMODEL
1.1M
national total × population share
Highest-exposure jobsMODEL
6.2%
national 6.0%
Area
5,547 km²
472 people per km²
Settlement patternMODEL
Urban
40% live in major cities
Largest city
Lille
1M (metro)
Mapped towns & cities
1
Natural Earth places

AI use

ANTHROPIC

Claude.ai conversations, April–May 2026.

Usage is published for the wider Hauts-de-France area (5 map regions), so these figures describe that whole area.
Usage intensityANTHROPIC
0.47×
usage share ÷ population share
Area’s share of national useANTHROPIC
4.2%
3.9% of population
Work-relatedANTHROPIC
34%
national 37%
Automation-styleANTHROPIC
47%
national 46%
Augmentation 53%Automation 47%

Sector mix

MODEL

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

Nord France
Business services 15.3%
Health & care 13.5%
Retail & wholesale 12.4%
Manufacturing 9.9%
Public admin 8.7%
Education 7.3%
Construction 6.3%
Other services 5.6%
ICT & software 4.8%
Transport & logistics 4.7%
Hospitality 4.3%
Finance 4.2%
Utilities 1.6%
Agriculture 1.1%
Mining 0.1%

Exposed workers by sector

MODEL
Business services 72.7K Health & care 67K Retail & wholesale 48.9K Public admin 47.6K Education 39.7K Finance 25.5K Manufacturing 25.1K ICT & software 25K

Ranking in France

MODEL

By modelled AI exposure, out of 101 regions.

5Martinique 36% 6Seine-Maritime 36% 7Haute-Garonne 36% 8Nord 36% 9Gironde 36% 10Bas-Rhin 36% 11Guadeloupe 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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