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Population - A major university centre - Research - Economy


Population
Bordeaux 213 000 inhabitants
Bordeaux Urban Community 700 743 inhabitants
Gironde Department 1 268 300 inhabitants

A major university centre

4 universities (73 000 students)

  • Bordeaux I (mathematics, mathematical and computer engineering, physics, chemistry, biology and earth sciences)

  • Bordeaux II-Victor Ségalen University (medical and pharmaceutical sciences, odontology, social sciences, psychology, oenology, physical education and applied mathematics)

  • Bordeaux III-Michel de Montaigne University (arts, philosophy, modern languages, art history, archaeology, communications and natural resources management.

  • Bordeaux IV-Montesquieu (law, management and political science)

3 University Technological Institutes

Numerous research institutes:
Marine Biology Institute, Faculty of Oenology, Micro-electronics Institute, nuclear research centre, etc.

14 Grandes Ecoles

including: Engineering, Agricultural Technology, Chemistry and Physics, Electronics and Radio Science, Architecture, Fine Arts, Military Medical School, Judiciary School, Business School, Political Science, IRET*, European Institute of Molecular Chemistry and the Polytechnic Institute.

 

Research

There are 5,000 research scientists in 200 laboratories (CEA, CESTA, CEMAGREF, CNRS, IFREMER, INRA, INSERM, Bordeaux Environmental Institute, etc.) in the Bordeaux area.


Economy

Agriculture

France's largest agricultural region
Europe's largest producer of maize
World's largest producer and processor of "foie gras"
Agribusiness 14,5 % of industry jobs
France's first export region
8,407 jobs
Wine and spirits 13.5 B Francs annual turnover
4.1 B exports
13,957 producers
Wood industry 16 B Francs annual turnover
12 % of French forest land
30,000 jobs
Aeronautics / Aerospace 22,000 directly-related and 11,000 indirectly-related jobs
3rd largest exporter of aeronautics
Pharmaceutical 120 000 jobs
Service firms 19 426 jobs
Tourism 30,000 directly-related jobs
France's 5th most popular tourist destination
More about... www.cr-aquitaine.fr/web/economie/fr/ and www.locateinbordeaux.com