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Toulouse Economy
Toulouse is a city known for its great deal of involvement in the aerospace industry. It is located in Aerospace Valley, an economic region of southwestern France, where approximately one third of the aerospace industry is located. Toulouse is also the fourth largest metropolitan location in France. The city recorded a 31.6 percent increase in GDP per capita between 2003 and 2013, greater than any big city in the country. The average GDP growth rate for Toulouse is 2.29% with an average GDP of 47.32 billion euros annually.

Airbus
Airbus, one of the world's largest commercial airline manufacturers, has its headquarters in Toulouse. Airbus is also one of the largest employers in Toulouse, with 21,000 employees. Approximately 9% of the population has a job that is directly, indirectly or induced from Airbus having its main headquarters there located there.

Airbus accounts for roughly 50% of French exports in the aeronautical sector.

Chemical Plant Explosion
In September 2001 there was a chemical plant explosion that killed 29 people and severely injured 34. This plant is no longer running and it had hundreds of employees. The "economic consequences" index was scored a level “6” due to the extensive property damage and production losses for the plant operator, neighboring plants, retails and individuals, cost of clean-up and rehabilitation measures of the area (total cost estimated above 2 billions euros). The European Scale of industrial Accidents has 18 parameters of how an accident can be measured.

Startups
Toulouse currently has 89 startup companies with 3,118 investors.

The Canal Midi
The Midi Canal was built in the 17th century. This quickly turned Toulouse into a city where trade was prominent as it connected the Mediterranean directly to the Atlantic bypassing the Spanish controlled Strait of Gilbraltar. The canal carried approximately 11,000 metric tons of cargo per year along with millions of passengers until 1857 and the Bordeaux to Sète railway line was opened. The canal was named a UNESCO world heritage site in in 1996.

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)
In June 2017 HTT signed a contract with the City of Toulouse to open a new facility there in which they can test new aerospace technology. Toulouse will have the first high speed transportation capsule in the world which is expected to help grow Toulouse and the surrounding regions.

Tisséo
The Tisséo is the public transportation system in Toulouse. They have two metro lines, 2 tram lines, 84 bus services, 9 on-demand services and serves over 80 communes.

Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)
Toulouse School of Economics is currently the 10th highest ranked university to study economics in the world. In 2014 the chair of the Jean-Jacques Laffont - Toulouse School of Economics Foundation, Jean Tirole, won a Nobel prize for the accomplishments of the school in the short amount of time it has been around. TSE celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2017.

Continuing Education
Toulouse is also home to 15 colleges and universities which have options from Bachelor programs to Doctorate degrees.