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KEY FACTS - BORDEAUX:
- - Population of 1million
- - Capital of the Aquitaine Region, South West France
- - 6th largest region in France in terms of GDP
- - Synonymous with the wine industry
- - One of France's most outward looking centres of international trade
- - Aquitaine Region is approximately half the size of the island of Ireland, with population of 3 million
- - Bordeaux is the préfecture (administrative capital) of the Gironde département
- - More than 5,300 exporting companies with over 400 foreign owned industrial facilities
- - Strategic location in the South West of France has led to it becoming the key transport and logistics hub for the entire region
- - Centres of Excellence and Key Industrial Clusters include: Aerospace & Aeronautics; Chemicals, Composites & Polymers; Optic, Laser & Plasma Technologies; Sub-contracting; Life Sciences; Food & Drink; High-Tech & ICT; and Wood
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KEY FACTS - TOULOUSE:
- - Population of 1.1 million
- - Capital of the Midi Pyrénées, South of France
- - European leader in high technologies industries
- - Host to component industry, skilled industries and research laboratories
- - National Space Centre (CNES) is located in Toulouse resulting in it being a pivitol player in Europe's Space Programme
- - Main industries are: aeronautics, space, electronics, information technology and biotechnology
- - Student population at Toulouse Universities is the 2nd largest in France
- - Toulouse is to the forefront of European education and research
Links:
www.cict.fr/toulouse/EBienvenue.html
KEY FACTS - POLAND:
- - Population of 39 million
- - Capital is Warsaw
- - Average GDP growth in 2006 was 6.1%
- - Biggest of all the Accession States
- - Highest level of foreign investment in the region
- - Largest market to enter the EU in 2004
- - Government focus on developing the telecoms sector and public e-services
- - Liberalisation of the telecoms sector opening up new opportunities
- - Banking and Financial Services IT market worth US$ 1 billion in 2004
- - 3 million people use internet banking
- - 19 million people use mobile phones
- - Excellent opportunities in online and wireless banking, e-security, smart card technologies, systems integration etc.
- - Medical device market one of the top 20 in the world
- - Excellent potential for joint ventures with medical research institutions that will benefit from EU funding
- - 21 universities with biotech faculties, strong in the field of research
