The Val de Durance is the backbone of the Alps of Haute Provence's economy.

Supervised by the Nuclear Research Centre of Cadarache on the south and by the SANOFI factory on the north, the development of state-of-the-art technologies is combined with a tradition of a quality food industry.

44% of the industry staff of Alps of Haute Provence work in the Val de Durance, between Manosque and Sisteron.
Thus, its job pool represents the major economic driving force of the department.

In the heart of this territory and department whose population has a strong industrial tradition, the Community of Communes of Moyenne Durance has a particularly favourable socio-economic context

In Château-Arnoux/Saint-Auban, The ARKEMA factory is the most significant industrial pole of the Alpes de Haute Provence.