Le Figaro Lyon
Every year, the real estate consulting company Arthur Loyd measures the attractiveness of large French cities in its barometer, which is celebrating its seventh edition in 2024. This year, for the first time, it is no longer Lyon but Toulouse which takes pride of place. at the top of the “Very Large Metropolis” category.
“By a thread...Lyon only reaches second place this year in the ranking of Very Large Metropolises.
A particularly high cost of residential real estate harms the attractiveness of the City of Lights, which is only in fifth place in the ranking in terms of quality of life
,” explains Arthur Loyd in his document.
In detail, Lyon received a total score of 0.508 compared to 0.521 for the capital of the Occitanie region.
“An electroshock”
A small gap analyzed by the opposition as the direct consequence of the arrival of environmentalists at the head of Greater Lyon in 2020.
“I believe that we must take this ranking as an electric shock.
Of course, rankings are like polls, elected officials only put forward what suits them, but we can clearly see in this one that our territory is losing attractiveness
, comments to Le
Figaro
Sébastien Michel, LR mayor of Écully.
Questioned about this ranking by
Le Parisien
, Bruno Bernard (EELV), the president of the metropolis, preferred to kick in, explaining
“not having the habit of commenting on rankings.”
“My goal is for the region to do well and for the quality of life of Lyon residents to improve.
And we can no longer base our attractiveness policy solely on the installation of large French and international head offices which do not necessarily fit into our local value chain.
On the contrary, we are banking on a transition economy oriented towards development compatible with social and environmental issues
,” he added.
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A driving force “of the French economy”
Insufficient according to Sébastien Michel:
“For almost four years, the EELV/LFI majority has explained that it favors quality of life over attractiveness.
We realize that Lyon is falling in both areas, which completely nullifies their argument.”
However, everything is not to be thrown away for Lyon, which ranks second in economic vitality, business reception and professional real estate and in connectivity, human capital and transition.
Arthur Lloyd also takes a positive view of
“the latest announcements from the Metropolis of Lyon on the subject of housing, aimed at renovating thermal sieves”
and judges the policy of welcoming businesses favored
“by attractive taxation, as well as than an adequate supply of new offices
.
“With more than a million jobs recorded in its catchment area, and a low unemployment rate, Lyon remains one of the main engines of the French economy
,” concludes the barometer.