INSEE ( French : Institut National de la Statistique et des Ã tudes Ã conomiques ) is the French national institute dor Statistics and Economic sutdies . The INSEE was created in 1946 . The SNS was finally transformed into INSEE by the law of 27 April 1946 , The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Surveys for the metropolis and overseas France ( L'Institut national de la statistique et des Ã tudes Ã conomiques pour la mÃ tropole et la France d'outre-mer ) .