Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques
France's principal government institution in charge of statistics and census data / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (French: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee[1] (/ɪnseɪ/ in-SAY, French pronunciation: [inse]), is the national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishes information about the French economy and people and carries out the periodic national census. Headquartered in Montrouge, a commune in the southern Parisian suburbs, it is the French branch of Eurostat. The INSEE was created in 1946 as a successor to the Vichy regime's National Statistics Service (SNS). It works in close cooperation with the Institut national d'études démographiques (INED).
Headquarters in Montrouge, France | |
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Formed | 27 April 1946; 78 years ago (1946-04-27) |
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Type | Government agency |
Jurisdiction | France |
Headquarters | 88 Avenue Verdier Montrouge France 48°48′59″N 02°18′26″E |
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Website | insee |