Employment

• Almost 16,445 jobs in the private sector, in 262 companies within the Science and Technology park
• 80% engineers and technicians
• 39 new jobs created in 2009

Scientific and technological environment

• 2 universities
• Almost 60,000 students
• 27 higher education institutes and leading colleges
• 4,000 researchers
• 262 technology companies, including 165 on Park sites
• In Brittany, 106,700 students, 4 universities and 21 engineering schools

Population

• 403,940 inhabitants in Greater Rennes
• 82,000 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