Key Competitive Attractions
With about 1,250,000 inhabitants, the Loire-Atlantique department is the 12th most populous in France. In seven years, the population grew by 100,000 inhabitants, and employment rates rise 1.5 times faster than the national level.
Entrepreneurs will benefit from a large workforce and qualified providers and subcontractors across an array of strong sectors including:
- Agriculture
- Aircraft Engineering
- Shipbuilding
- Food
- Energy
- Construction
- ICT
- Financial Services
Excellent Communications Infrastructure:
- Road: A11 to Paris, A83 to Bordeaux, motorways to Brittany, Normandy, and central Europe.
- Sea: Seaport of Nantes Saint-Nazaire: 1st port on the Atlantic seaboard, 4th French port carrying 30 million tons of cargo every year.
- Air: Nantes-Atlantique airport
