Sustainable Development Strategies for Fougères Territory: Addressing Demographic, Economic, and Social Challenges

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[...] In fact, the Fougères road network is star-shaped, with structuring roads around the city. Some sectors of the territory, such as the Louvigné canton, are poorly connected to the structuring axes, which marginalizes them. The entire road network supports relatively low traffic, but some axes around Fougères are congested, even degraded. For example, the A84 has a traffic flow below its capacity, and therefore journeys to Rennes remain long from certain regions. In addition, Fougères has 8 TER car lines serving 23 communes, but some areas are poorly served, and the star-shaped network leads to load breaks and time losses for users. [...]

[...] The Fougères territory, located in Ille-et-Vilaine, presents major challenges that directly impact human resource management. How to reconcile the demographic, economic, and social evolutions of the Fougères territory with an efficient management of human resources to ensure a sustainable and harmonious development? 1 The demographic dynamics 1.1 Challenge Towards the end of the 20th century, the Fougères territory experienced a significant loss of its inhabitants unlike the other countries in Ille-et-Vilaine, which continued to grow. Since then, it has increased its population by while the cities of Saint-Malo and Vitré, for example, have progressed respectively by 27% and 42%. [...]

[...] The challenges of the Fougères territory are multidimensional and present challenges in terms of human resource management. To overcome these challenges, it is essential to put in place ambitious and innovative strategies that rely on the territory's strengths and promote sustainable and inclusive development. The future of the Fougères territory will depend on its ability to overcome these challenges and offer its inhabitants a high-quality living and working environment. [...]

[...] The cantons of Antrain and Louvigné have a minimum level of equipment and services, but risk suffering from service closures due to demographic decline. 4.2 Challenges to be addressed The collective equipment and services in Fougères do not adequately meet the needs of the population in terms of density, demographic evolution, and lifestyle. This raises questions about improving the quantitative and qualitative offer, organizing to ensure sufficient diversity and quality, and the role of Fougères compared to Rennes. It is also a question of better functioning in network the equipment and services, and mastering commercial development while valuing the image of the city center. [...]

[...] In addition, the offer of economic land is inadequate, with most business areas of modest size and a significant concentration in the Fougerais agglomeration. 5.2 Challenges The stability of employment varies by sector and region. The Fougères region remains very rural, with challenges related to agricultural restructuring and employment competitiveness. Employment developments raise questions about the competitiveness of the Fougères region in terms of workforce qualification and land offer. The challenges include the agricultural support strategy, the development of economic land, the compatibility between economic zones and the preservation of natural spaces, and the promotion of assets for economic development. [...]