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Présentation Maurice BERTHIAUConception et
Réalisation - DGDEI Date de la réalisation août
2007
HDDIMMBMISSION INDE
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VISIT TO INDIA September 2007
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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Location
At the edge of Europe, a gateway to Atlantic Ocean
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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Location

• A privileged location in the heart of the Loire
  estuary
• Two closely connected urban centres Nantes
  (up-river) and St-Nazaire (down-river)

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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Location
90 km of river 760,000 inhabitants 2,210
km² 6th largest metropolitan area in France
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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Location
A connected metropolitan area
9th largest airport in France(2.4 million
passengers) High-speed train connectionsTo
Paris (2hr), Lille, Lyon and Marseille To
London and Brussels via Paris FreewaysTo
ParisDirect connections to Benelux and Spain
through the Estuary Road
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NANTES METROPOLITAN AREA Demography
6th largest conurbation in France

• Nantes Metropole 570,000 inhabitants in 2005
• 80,000 inhabitants since 1982
• An acceleration in the population growth rate
• 3,730 inhabitants per year (1982-1990)
• 5,490 inhabitants per year (1990-1999)

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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Employment
Employment in percentage

• Services 60 of jobs
• Industry14 of jobs
• Commerce 19 of jobs
• Construction and public works 6.8 of jobs

• 28,455 companies
• 274,500 jobs (NM)
• 2000 / 2005 7.4 of jobs
• (France 1.4)

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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Economy
Employment and industrial sectors

• Electronics and IT
• Pays de la Loire region 1st in terms of number
  of electronics subcontracting companies
• Alcatel Lucent, Magellan, IBM, Accenture, Cap
  Gemini are based in the Metropolitan Area
• Research Centre IRIN, École Centrale, École
  des Mines

• Mechanics
• 16,500 direct jobs
• 625 businesses

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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Economy
Industries

• Logistics and transportationA dynamic
  sectorsupported by the PortAuthority of
  Nantes-Saint Nazaire
• 1st European LPG tanker terminal
• 1st French port for timber
• 2nd French refinery
• Shipbuilding
• First National Centre
• 8,000 jobs

• Food Industry
• 2nd wholesale and distribution market in France
• Specialised research centre (National Technical
  and Food Engineering School, INRA, IFREMER, ENV,)

• Aviation
• 5,000 direct jobs
• 2 Airbus sites

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NANTES-ST NAZAIRE METROPOLITAN AREA Economy
Education Research

• A dynamic higher education centre
• 50,000 students
• Université de Nantes
• École Centrale, École des mines de Nantes, École
  polytechnique (Engineering Schools)
• Audencia (Business School)
• École de design
• Communication School
• École Nationale de la Marine Marchande (National
  Maritime Transport School)
• Research potential
• 2,200 researchers

Confirmed Fields of Expertise
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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Political and
institutional framework
The 24 communes of Nantes Metropole

• Creation of the Urban Community on 1st January
  2001
• 566,500inhabitants(The City of Nantes alone
  has 270,000 inhabitants)
• 10 proximity centres

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Political and
institutional framework
Urban Community, the most integrated form of
 conurbation government 

• Statutory and structuring responsibilities for
  the conurbation development ? Economic, social
  and cultural development within the community
  area ? Urban planning (urban development, road
  system) ? Socially balanced housing ? City
  Policy ? Management of public services (water
  supply, wastewater treatment system, public
  transportation, household waste collection and
  management) ? Major transportation and
  telecommunications infrastructure
• Additional responsibilities Facilities for
  travelling people, land management, actions and
  measures supporting the life of disabled people,
  activities aimed at the observation and growing
  awareness of environment and sustainable
  development

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Political and
institutional framework
Organisation

• Community Council
• 113 councillors appointed by local councils of
  the 24 member communes the Council meets once
  every two months.

• Technical services staff
• 2,448 jobs, 1,600 of which were transferred from
  the communes to the Urban Community

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Political and
institutional framework
Budget 2007 923 M
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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policy projects
Urban development - major project lÎle de Nantes
To transform this diversified area into a genuine
core element of the Conurbation
An area of 350 hectares, on the banks of the
river Loire, in the proximity of the city centre,
marked by the ebb and flow of industrial
activities in the 19th and 20th centuries (90
hectares undergoing reconstruction).
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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policy projects
Urban development - major project Malakoff-Pré
Gauchet

• The development of a neighbourhood of 5,000
  inhabitants, composed mostly of social housing

• The presence of rare natural and vegetal heritage

• The objectives link the neighbourhood to the
  city, develop social and urban diversity, upgrade
  the infrastructure, valorise natural patrimony.

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Public transportation

• Public Transportation Offer ? 21 million km and
  100 million trips in 2006 ? the largest tramway
  network in France (41 km) ? 4 tramway lines, 59
  bus lines ? 69 tramway cars, 333 buses ? 17
  park-and-ride lots ? the costs of services 98.4
  M /year
• Strategy Urban Transport Plan
• Projects ? Extension of the tramway lines (line
  2 South-West) ? Creation of the lines in the
  area of the clear site (line 4, line 5) ?
  Valorisation of the railway system for urban and
  inter-urban services, arrangements on the main
  bus lines

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Urban services

• WATER
• Drinking Water ? 146,000 subscribers ? 40.15
  million m3 consumed ? 2,961 km of network ?
  Water budget 72 M
• Wastewater treatment system ? 128,000
  subscribers ? 48.3 million m3 of waste water ?
  2,035 km of network ? 2 large inter-communal
  treatment stations, 8 communal stations ?
  Wastewater treatment budget 53 M
• A harmonisation plan for the price of water
  initiated in 2001, the end of which is planned in
  2006.

• WASTE
• Waste Recovery ? 293,500 tonnes of collected
  household and related waste (2002) ? 12 waste
  collection centres and 4 recycling centres ? 1
  incineration plant that supplies the urban
  heating network ? 1 sorting and recovery centre
  ? 1 composting unit ? Waste budget 80 M

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Urban development

• Territorial Cohesion Plan ? A document of
  strategic planning for urban development, its
  elaboration currently in progress. ? It is
  conceived for the conurbations of Nantes and
  Saint-Nazaire. ? 57 communes, more than 730,000
  inhabitants.
• Road system 2,800 km of roadways ? An annual
  investment budget of roughly 30 M. ? A
  particular attention given to the city access
  roads, public spaces in disadvantaged
  neighbourhoods, general traffic conditions and
  motorist information systems
• Housing ? Objectives construct from 3,800 to
  4,000 housing units per year, 900 of which are of
  social character (current rate 3,500 housing
  units per year), encourage the production of
  social housing. ? Social housing subsidies are
  of 3 M per year

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Environment

• Neptune III Contract, in partnership with the
  Water Agency
• ATEnEE Contract with Ademe energy management
  project
• River Bank Trails Master Plan 192 km of
  existing continuous paths, long-term objective
  340 km of continuous developed paths
• Periurban agriculture agreement protocol with
  the Chamber of Agriculture for the
  support of innovative farming promoting
  sustainable development of the area
• Implementation of a community Agenda 21
• the management of 3 marinas

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Economic development

• Biotechnology City ProjectFrom 2006, creation
  of a 7,000 m² business incubator
• Support for Business Start-Ups ? 1 specific
  tool, Nantes Métropole Développement, dedicated
  to the prospecting and implanting of businesses
  ? 34 concrete projects in 2003 (creation or
  development), 1,450 jobs

• O-méga largest metropolitan high-speed network
  in France
• 310 public sites in the conurbation wired to a
  170 km fibre-optic network with over a hundred
  leased lines

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
Higher education and research

• Operation budget 2.2 M Investment budget
  10.5 M
• Contract signed with the University, conceived
  to ensure better integration in the life of the
  city (thesis scholarships, student life,
  international projects)
• The House of International Researchers
• The Houses of International
• Exchanges and of French-speaking
• world

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
International development

• European and international partnerships on
  strategic policies
• Local partnerships for international
  development ? Saint Nazaire ? Loire Bretagne
  Metropolitan Network (Nantes, St Nazaire,
  Rennes, Brest)
• Local facilities and services of international
  standards ? Euro-Nantes business districts ?
  Zenith Concert Hall ? International Researches
  House

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NANTES METROPOLE URBAN COMMUNITY Major public
policies
European and international partnerships on
strategic policies

• NM member of active networks ? Eurocities
  (European Major Cities Network) ? Atlantic
  Cities Conference (five countries) ? Union of
  the Cities and Local Governments
• NM partner in major European projects (urban
  transport, urban renewal, intelligent energy,
  employment,...)
• NM partner in development aid ( Morocco,
  Guinea, Cameroon, South Africa, )

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Thank you very much for your attention Shoul
d you need further information please
contact Maurice BERTHIAU, International Economic
Development, 33 2 40 99 49 55 -
maurice.berthiau_at_nantesmetropole.fr