Editing Alpes-Maritimes (section)

=== Distribution of employment ===
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|+ style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Distribution of Employment
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! !! [[Tertiary sector of the economy|Services Sector]] !! [[Secondary sector of the economy|Industry]] !! Construction & Public Works !! [[Primary sector of the economy|Agriculture]]
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| '''Alpes-Maritimes''' || align=center|'''76.2%''' || align=center|'''12.5%''' || align=center|'''9.2%''' || align=center|'''2,1%'''
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| National Average || align=center|71.5% || align=center|18.3% || align=center|6.1% || align=center|4.1%
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Tourism is an essential industry for the entire coastal region ([[Côte d'Azur]]) and is highly developed. On the coast, thanks to the mild climate, towns are [[Resort town|resort destinations]] all year round. In the mountains, there are winter sports stations that have received abundant snow in recent years, particularly [[Isola 2000]].

There are also well-developed industries such as the [[perfume]] industry in [[Grasse]], new technologies from [[Sophia-Antipolis]], and the [[aerospace industry]] in Cannes-Mandelieu, where there is the first European satellite builders<ref>[http://www.journaldunet.com/economie/les-dix/entreprises-leaders/alcatel.shtml 10 French Companies who are World Champions: Alcatel Alenia Space], Le Journal du Net {{in lang|fr}}</ref> and the first [[Cannes Mandelieu Space Center|industrial plant]] dedicated to spacecraft manufacturing.<ref name="apo">[http://www.apotheloz.com/articles-enquete/2002_03_alcatel-space.htm Christian Apothéloz, ''Alcatel space at Cannes, More than an entreprise, a legend''], in The New Economist, March 2002</ref>