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Significant figures

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ALPESPACE, is :

  • More than 120 firms.

  • More than 1600  employees

  • Soon 120 000 m² of buildings

  • 105 hectares for the first surface area, including 75 already serviced

  • Planned extension : at middle term ZAC n°2 of 47 ha and at long term ZAC n°3 of 28 ha

  • At the crossroad of 2 bigs employment areas :

 

The township of Chambéry : Conurbation

  • 120 districts spread on 1243 km² .
  • Savoie : 6036 km² .
  • More than 200 000 inhabitants, from Aix-les-Bains to Montmélian.
  • The international entry of the Alps
  • A dense network of small and bigs firms.
  • 12000 students, the 4th french university for  european students exchanges and the first of Rhône-Alpes for international exchanges.
  • Private and public laboratories in eco-industries, solar power, composite material...
  • Nearby 60 ski resorts

The township of Grenoble :

  • 500 000 inhabitants
  • 10 000 emplois en recherche fondamentale;
  • 7 000 jobs in research
  • 60 000 students;
  • 4 universities and 9 engineering schools
  • 6 500 jobs in electronic
  • 6 100 jobs in informatic
  • 3 700 jobs in microelectronic
  • 145 firms with foreign capital whom 50 american firms, representing 10 000 jobs.
  • 5 european research centres
  • 5 national research centres

Rhône-Alpes, 2nd french region

  • 43 700 km² of surface area

  • 5,57 millions of inhabitants;
  • 1 person over 3 is less than 20 years old
  • Main commercial partners : ltaly, Germany, Swiss