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Facts and figures
POPULATION
- 31 cities, population 415,000
- Montpellier, 8th largest city in France
- 43% of the population under 30 years old
- 3rd and 4th tramway lines in progress (opening in 2012)
EXCELLENCE CENTRES
- Health: diagnostics, oncology, neuroscience, infectiology
- Agronomics: viticulture-oenology, food-nutrition
- Information technologies: video games, business applications, digital simulation
- Environment: environmental chemistry, renewable energies
- Water: identifying and mobilizing resources, concerted management, recycling
COMPANIES
- Montpellier, the city with the leading business environment in France (Ecer 2008)
- Montpellier Agglomération appeals to 78% of managers and business owners (TNS Sofres survey)
- Montpellier ranked most attractive european city interms of business set-up costs (KPMG)
- 29,000 companies in the Agglomération area
- 5 competitiveness clusters: Eurobiomed, Q@LI-MEDiterranée, Derbi, Disaster Prevention and Trimatec
- Montpellier elected within the Campus project: the universities of Montpellier, Montpellier Sud Agro and their business partners involved in the project Montpellier Sud de France
- 90,000 students, including 60,000 in Montpellier
- Montpellier, the 5th leading location for research in France : BRGM, CEMAGREF, CIRAD, CNRS, IFREMER INRA, INSERM, IRD...
- 4th largest University Hospital in France: staff 9,000
CREATING INNOVATIVE START-UPS
- Leading region in France for company creation
- Montpellier Agglomération Business and Innovation Centre elected Incubator of the Year (NBIA 2007) and cerified Soft Landings as ground for foreign companies (NBIA 2008-2010) - www.europeanmarketaccess.com
- Montpellier Agglomération Business and Innovation Centre has accompanied over 445 start-ups since 1987
- More than 80 % still active after 3 years (compared to nationwide average of 63.4 % / ref: INSEE)
SUPPORT FOR INNOVATION
- 200 innovation programmes supported by OSEO in 2008
- 15 prize winners in 2009, including 10 coached by Montpellier Agglomération BIC
CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
- 3rd leading centre for business tourism with 147 symposiums (20 internationally known) and 90 conferences in 2008
- 1,065,076 delegates and professional visitors
- Number 1 destination for medical conferences in France
BUSINESS OFFICES AND REAL ESTATE
- 18 business parks for industry, technology, science, and edutainment
- 2 startup incubators: Cap Alpha (3,500 sq.m.) for Life Sciences, and Cap Omega (5,300 sq.m.) for ICT
- 3 flex-space office centres in Montpellier: Millénaire (4,000 sq.m. for ICT); Cap Gamma and Cap Delta (7,000 sq.m. for biopharmacy) and an extension of 4 more offices (21,000 sq.m.) in progress located in the Euromédecine Biopôle
- 1 international office centre: the MIBI, Montpellier International Business Incubator (3,500 sq.m. - delivery date: Q3 2010)
- 2 Villages for Artisan Businesses and Services: Parc 2000 in a reduced professional tax zone and Hannibal
- Interim workshops and office space
