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Inovallée, land of innovation : Rhone Alps / Isère technopole

Many assets of the inovallée technopole

An exceptional local environment

Grenoble : first university and scientific centre after Paris

  • 4 universities, 60 000 students, 18 engineering sectors, 3 schools for higher education
  • 15,000 researchers across 200 laboratories both public and private
  • the presence of national research organisations : CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique – National Centre for Scientific Research), CEA (Commissariat à l’Énergie Atomique – Atomic Energy Agency), INRA (Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique – National Institute for Agricultural Research), Cemagref (Centre National du Machinisme Agricole, du Genie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts – National Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Engineering and Water Management), INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et Automatique – National Institute for Computer Science and Control), etc.
  • International equipment : Synchrotron, Laue Langevin Institute, IRAM (Institut de Radio-Astronomie Millimetrique – Institute of Radio Astronomy at Millimetre waves), LCMI (Laboratoire des Champs Mangétiques Intenses – Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory – GHMFL), etc.
  • Grenoble , the first French city for high technological activities in terms of creation of employment in the private sector (INSEE 2000)
  • abundance of high-performance companies, a vital complement for Grenoble traditional activities (chemistry, hydroelectric power, paper mills and glove-making industry

Rhône - Alps, a European crossroads

  • 43,698 kms = 8% of the national territory 5,958,320 inhabitants and 456,115 employees
  • 2nd French region and 6th EU region in terms of GDP
  • major transportation networks : 6 airports including 1 international airport, 1,300 kms of motorways connected to the Swiss and Italian networks, 24.3 million TGV (French high-speed train) passengers from the region.

The Alps, a place to unwind and have fun

  • The largest fitted ski area, with more than 150 resorts
  • 2 national parks and 6 nature parks to encourage green tourism
  • 350 cultural festivals for gastronomic and cultural urban tourism
  • 30 congress towns for business tourism

inovallée is ideally located at the foot of the Alps offering employees an exceptional living, work and leisure environment.

inovallée au pied des montagnes

A particularly attractive situation for inovallée

Located in the Grenoble community, across the municipalities of Meylan and Montbonnot, inovallée benefits from an enviable geographical situation. Its strategic position enables easy exchanges with large technological, industrial and financial centres on the entire belt of the Alps ( Geneva, Lyons, Torino). 10 minutes away from Grenoble city centre, on the outskirts of main motorways near Grenoble, Lyons or Geneva airports, inovallée offers a quality environment through its quality of life as well as the dedication and incentive generated by the companies and research centres which are located here.

Located at the heart of the city in a spirit of diversity, ino vallée also constitutes a privileged living environment where everyone can find all the vital amenities necessary for daily comfort: 3 inter-company restaurants, hotels, reception and event facilities (professional, cultural and sports), local shops, etc.

An extension encouraged by a consistent property management

In order to meet the development strategy of the companies, ino vallé has a diversified building stock in a quality environment, providing companies and investors with premises for sale or to let, in a dynamic context influenced by the great fluidity of the market.