FRENCH CONSTRUCTION:

RISES 3 PERCENT IN 2000

The decline of French construction, which has influenced since the beginning of the 90s, is finally turning and construction will experience a growth of 3 percent in 2000 in spite of the weaker expectations of the economic growth, according to a report from European Construction Research. France will experience an expansion in industrial construction and renovation. This will be combined by a relatively high growth in housing construction in the forthcoming years and the stabilisation of the civil engineering sector.

Construction in France

(growth in percent per year)

Most of the construction in France is concentrated around the largest towns Paris, Lyon, Marseilles and the surrounding regions. In the period from 1999-2010, this tendency will continue. This is because of the large increase in population in these parts of the country. That is; the northern part, the south-eastern corner and Paris, which already count the largest part of the population.