Key Competitive Attractions
The Rhone Development Initiative is an agency that promotes business creation, in affiliation with France Active and France Initiative.
Rhone occupies a unique geographical position, giving it a strategic trade advantage. Rhone has the 4th largest population of any French department, over 75% of which live in the Lyon metropolitan area.
Infrastructure:
- The Rhone sits at a crossroads of commerce and international migration
- Direct links are provided by the A6, A7 and A31 motorways to Paris and other major population centres
- TGV from Lyon to Paris takes under 2 hours
- 450 daily passenger trains and 100 freight trains leave Lyon Part-Dieu railway station - one of three train stations in Rhone
- Perrache TGV station at Lyon Saint Exupery Airport carries over 6 million passengers annually
