Attractiveness: invest, set up or relocate your business in Greater Lyon, France (Europe)

	5 competitiveness clusters
	5 thematic research networks
	A dynamic university
	Research and development in Rhône-Alpes
	2 excellence sectors

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In Lyon, homes, businesses and leisure centers are to be found in each neighborhood. In Lyon, the past is recognized as World Heritage by UNESCO and the city's development is sustainably turned toward the future.

Discover a rich heritage, the capital of gastronomy, sustainable transportation, cultural and sporting events and much more!

An international airport, two TGV high-speed train stations in the center of town, more than 200,000 m² of exhibition space... Lyon is a dynamic city that is open to and turned towards the world. In Lyon, priority is given to "sustainable transportation".

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The Lyon urban area has an excellent fiber optics telecom infrastructure, particularly through the presence of two GIX points (internet interconnection nodes) that accelerate and secure data exchange.

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In its streets, at the Cité Internationale, at Eurexpo, at the Halle Tony Garnier and in the Gallo-Roman amphitheaters of Fourvière, the city of Lyon welcomes major business, curltural and sporting events.

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At the crossroads of Northern and Southern Europe, Lyon benefits from a geo-strategic position and is becoming even more attractive thanks to major framework projects with an emphasis on its international dimension.

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Discover Lyon’s economic weight in figures and find out what the urban area has to offer for start-ups.

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Lyon is one of the Top 6 Western European capitals for property investors *.

This makes Lyon an attractive alternative to London and Paris, essentially due to lower costs.

* According to the study “Emerging Trends in Real Estate – Europe 2008”, published by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) and Price Waterhouse Coopers in April 2008.

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Lyon attracts global leaders: 1,500 decision-making centres, well-known national institutions, a competitive sub-contractor market, a comprehensive tertiary-sector cluster, a higher regional density of decision-making centres than Barcelona or Manchester, etc.

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Discover a city of influences, pioneer of citybranding, where economic governance is unique in France....

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