Sophia Antipolis is Europe’s leading technopole. It brings together world leaders, researchers, SMEs and startups in an exceptional natural environment with a geographical size of 2,400 hectares. Sophia Antipolis science park is a place of innovation, which makes available to companies cutting-edge technology and expertise in the fields of Information Technology and Communication, in particular the Internet of Things and Connected Vehicles, Biotechnologies and Earth and Energy Science.
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Just 20km from Nice International Airport, Sophia Antipolis Park is an exceptional 2,400 hectare natural park, ideally located between the sea and mountains. Two thirds of the technopole’s 2,400 hectares are dedicated to green spaces and to jogging, walking, tennis and golf. The park extends across the municipalities of Antibes, Biot, Mougins, Valbonne and Vallauris, at the heart of an area home to 1 million inhabitants.
For the last 50 years, Sophia Antipolis has been attracting industrial leaders, engineers and reasearchers from around the world. Each year, 800 new jobs are created on average in the technopole, which has become the reference destination for localising R&D activity or that with a high technological content.
The information technology sector represents 20% of all companies and 42% of jobs and represents the core of Sophia Antipolis’ expertise; connected specialities can be found in the fields of health, chemistry, life sciences and the environment.
After obtaining the 3IA label on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the technopole intends to become France’s leader in terms of R&D and Artificial Intelligence.
Furthermore, 20% of French specialists in this field work in Sophia-Antipolis and in Nice – more than in any other French city.
In every sector, SMEs and startups rub shoulders with global leaders: Amadeus, Cisco Systems, Dassault Systems, Orange, Hewlett Packard, Nvidia, Intel, Symantec, Air France, American Express, Toyota, Samsung, Huawei, and more besides.
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