Facts and figuresFacts and figures

Employment

  • 17,213 jobs in the private sector, in 294 companies within the Science and Technology park
  • 80% engineers and technicians
  • 513 new jobs created in 2010

Scientific and technological environment

  • 2 universities
  • Almost 60,000 students
  • 28 higher education institutes and leading colleges
  • 4,000 researchers
  • 294 technology companies, including 180 on Park sites
  • In Brittany, 106,700 students, 4 universities and 21 engineering schools

Population

  • More than 400,000 inhabitants in Greater Rennes (60 % is under 40 years of age)
  • More than 80,000 inhabitants in Saint-Malo Agglomération
  • 979,000 inhabitants in the "County" of Ille-et-Vilaine - 33 % is under 25 years of age
  • More than 3 million inhabitants in the Brittany region (one of the 22 French regions)
  • 58,000,000 inhabitants in France.

Access

Rennes is only 2 hours from Paris by high-speed train (TGV) and Saint-Malo is less than 3 hours from Paris

  • 8 airports in Brittany, including 2 in Ille-et-Vilaine
  • The best road network in France