Why invest in France: Great reasons to invest in Atlantic France

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The world at your door

Nantes Atlantique Airport

  • The largest airport in Atlantic France
  • 120 destinations worldwide
  • Low-cost hub: Easyjet, Ryanair, Flybe, Volotea, Transavia

Nantes Saint-Nazaire Port

  • The largest port on France’s Atlantic coast
  • Shipping routes to 400 ports on all continents
  • Direct container shipping routes to the West Indies and the west coast of Africa
  • Transit: Automotive, Cereals, Liquid natural gas, Oil products, Livestock feed, Timber and coal

High speed train service

  • 20 return trips to Paris every day
  • 230 destinations across France and Europe

Excellent motorway links: 660km of high-speed roads

  • West-East motorway to Paris and Lyon
  • North-South motorway toward Europe: Brussels, London, Spain, Portugal…
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Live in a young and vibrant region

Grow your business as fast as our region does

  • 3.8 million inhabitants
  • 800,000 extra inhabitants by 2050
  • 25% of the population under 20 years of age
  • 5 main cities: Nantes (6th largest in France), Angers, Le Mans, Laval and La Roche-sur-Yon

Source: INSEE / Published on 2021

Take part in our booming economy

  • 328,609 firms (23,716 firms un industry)
  • 1,000 internationally-owned companies
  • 1.6 million jobs
  • 16.2% of jobs in industry (11.7% in Metropolitan France)
  • 300,000 additional jobs created between 1995 and 2015 (+24%)
  • 10 innovation clusters
  • €31,106 GDP / inhabitant
  • 19 million tourists per year

Source: INSEE / Published on 2021

Find talented pool and skills

  • 263,681 college and higher education students
  • 33,813 apprentices
  • 4 universities
  • 36 higher education establishments
  • 16,129 R&D researchers
  • €1,546 million in R&D spending (in 2018)
  • 110 research laboratories

Source: www.ac-nantes.fr / www.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr / Published on 2021

Enjoy the best quality of life

  • #1 French region for quality of life (BVA Salesforce survey in 2018)
  • 450 km of Atlantic coast and 2 islands (Yeu and Noirmoutier)
  • 215 km of beaches
  • 250 km of the Loire river
  • 3,000 km of cycling trails (including the Loire à Vélo and Velodyssey trails)
  • 3rd largest French wine area by number of AOCs
  • 2145 protected historical places to visit
  • 200 Val de Loire tourist wine cellars
  • 33 golf courses
  • 23 equestrian centres
  • 7 spa centres

Source: Keys figures Regional Council