The Lomagne in Tarn & Garonne: Demography

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The Lomagne in Tarn & Garonne

In 1999 the Lomagne had 10 500 inhabitants. Since 1979 there have been 2 distinct periods in the pop profile of the area.

From 1979 to 1982 a negative figure of -0,22%
From 1990 to 1999 a positive slant of 0,27% (due to an increase in immigration in the order of 0,84% for the period).

The natural fall in population is explained by the ageing of the population between 1990 and 1999.

In 1999 one notes that:

31% of the population is older than 60 years
39% is between 30 - 60 years
29% is less than 29 years

Some facts & figures :

Climate

Demography

Economy

Tourism

Age distribution in 1999
Characteristics	Male		Female
Characteristics	Total	Percent	Total	Percent
Total	100 822	100	105 348	100
0 to 14 years	17 556	17.4	16 757	15.9
15 to 29 years	18 055	17.9	16 824	16.0
30 to 44 years	21 600	21.4	21 852	20.7
45 to 59 years	19 660	19.5	19 509	18.5
60 to 74 years	15 658	15.5	17 638	16.7
75 to 94 years	8 183	8.1	12 387	11.8
95 and over	110	0.1	381	0.4

Employment

Total working population in 1999
Characteristics	Total	Working population %	Trends working population (percent) 1990 to 1999
Characteristics	Total	Working population %	Lomagne	Tarn & Garonne
Total	3 534	89.0	-8.2	0.6
15 to 24 years	281	67.6	-46.2	-36.6
25 to 49 years	2 404	89.6	-1.6	4.4
50 and over	849	94.5	-9.4	7.3
Male	1 965	90.3	-13.7	-4.0
Female	1 569	87.4	0.1	7.3

Working population by occupation (15 years and over)
Occupation	1999	Trends 1990 to 1999 (%)
Total	7 842	-0.6
Farming occupations	624	-36.8
Craft, Sales, Managerial occupations	288	-17.2
Executive, professional specialty occupations	140	-10.3
Administratif occupations	528	36.1
Employees	1 012	16.1
Working class	924	-12.2
Retired people	2 276	-1.4
Others with no professional activity	2 050	15.2

The unemployment rate is in the order of 10,7% in 1999 (similar to the National average), the level having risen by more than 34% between 1990 and 1999. The young under 24 years are the group more affected by the unemployment (28,5%).

Since 2002, job-seekers numbers have stabilised for the over 50's and fallen for the under 25 years olds. This situation appears favourable for an economic recovery in the area which would mean, above all, a trump card for the developement of new or already existing activities.

Unemployment rate	1999	Trends 1990 to 1999 (points)
Unemployment rate	1999	Lomagne	Tarn & Garonne
Total	10.7	3.2	2.3
15 to 24 years	28.5	14.2	6.8
25 to 49 years	10.4	3.2	3.1
50 years and over	5.5	0.7	1.0
Male	9.2	4.2	3.1
Female	12.6	1.5	1.0

Tarn et Garonne

- 2 arrondissements (Montauban and Castelsarrasin)

- 30 cantons

- 195 communes

Density 1999	55 inhab. to Km²
Population total 2000	206 170
Birth rate	11,0 %
Death rate	10,8 %

Age distribution in 1999
Characteristics	Male		Female
Characteristics	Total	Percent	Total	Percent
Total	100 822	100	105 348	100
0 to 14 years	17 556	17,4	16 757	15,9
15 to 29 years	18 055	17,9	16 824	16,0
30 to 44 years	21 600	21,4	21 852	20,7
45 to 59 years	19 660	19,5	19 509	18,5
60 to 74 years	15 658	15,5	17 638	16,7
75 to 94 years	8 183	8,1	12 387	11,8
95 years and over	110	0,1	381	0,4

Employment

In the working population, looking at the division of different activities per sector, there is a relatively more significant employment figure in the field of Agriculture and Administrative services in comparison to the rest of France

Employment by sector of activity (31/12/2003)
Agriculture	7 786
Industry	10 484
Building	5 503
Commerce	12 304
Services, Transport	39 598

Unemployment rate (December 2004)
Tarn-et-Garonne	10, 3 %
Midi-Pyrénées	9,6 %
France	9,9 %

Housing

Total number of houses	96 134
Principal homes	82 087
Second homes	6 620

Office de Tourisme Intercommunal de la Lomagne Tarn et Garonnaise
Antenne de Beaumont de Lomagne - 3, rue Pierre Fermat - 82 500 Beaumont de Lomagne
Tel : 05.63.02.42.32, Fax : 05.63.65.61.17
Antenne de Lavit - Bd des amoureux - 82 120 Lavit - Tel-Fax : 05.63.94.03.43
Email : contact@tourisme-en-lomagne.com