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Key Competitive Attractions

Marseille is among the biggest trade and industry centres in Europe, boasting advanced communications infrastructure, clusters in a variety of sectors, and modern facilities, all combining to provide a comfortable and efficient working environment.

Key attractions:

• Marseille Provence Airport is France's fourth biggest, serving an expanding business community
• The three universities of Aix-Marseille - the University of the Mediterranean, the University of Provence, and Paul Cezanne University - constitute the second biggest research cluster in France, with a human resource pool of approximately 3,000 research scientists
• In 2005, Marseille was named the most dynamic city in France according to figures that 7,200 companies had been created in the city since 2000 (The French financial publication, L'Expansion)