Zone surrounding the Ecoparc

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Economic environment

An exceptional location

Ecoparc is located in an exceptional geographical position providing the opportunity for a strategic presence with unquestionable potential:

  • Ecoparc Val Euromoselle is located in Lorraine, the only area of France that has a communal boundary with three European countries: Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.
  • In Moselle, an administrative department with a million inhabitants and only 8 miles from metropolitan zone surrounding Metz, a city with over 200,000 inhabitants.
  • In the Moselle valley, with over 600,000 inhabitants and the former cradle of Lorraine’s steel industry.
  • In the heart of a market of over 200 million consumers within 370-mile radius.

Closer to home, Ecoparc is part of a global project representing:

  • More than 1,600 acres of land designated for economic development, of which 1,135 is dedicated to Eurotransit, Lorraine's largest logistics centre.
  • 300 companies, some of which boast national and international recognition such as DHL, Michelin, Gefco, Air Liquide, Arcelor Mittal, Auchan, Pomona...
  • More than 13,000 jobs, of which 5,000 are at the Trémery Peugeot Citroën site.

Ideal access

Ecoparc's location also gives it ideal access due to:

  • Its proximity to the intersection of 2 major motorway axes; the A31 (North/South) and the A4 (East/West)
  • The presence of 3 international airports within a 50-mile radius: Metz-Nancy-Lorraine, Saarbrücken Ensheim, Luxembourg Findel.
  • The recent "TGV East" train service which connects Metz to Paris in 1h25.

Education in the surrounding area

  • Paul Verlaine secondary school in Maizières-lès-Metz (3 miles).
  • General and technical colleges in Metz (7.5 miles), Rombas (8.5 miles), Talange (9 miles) and Fameck (15.5 miles).
  • Metz’s Paul Verlaine University welcomes more than 15,000 students and offers a range of courses (social sciences, art and culture, science and technology, letters and languages, law, economics and management) as well as specific Franco-German and Franco-American courses. The University also carries out research related to its educational areas (mathematics, physics – chemistry, letters, humanities, social sciences, engineering sciences, IT and communication, environmental sciences).

Cultural and recreational environment

  • Cultural facilities in the city of Metz, a commercial and dynamic city with a population of 124,000 inhabitants. Here you will find the theatre, the museum, libraries, the opera, concert halls, etc.
  • Amnéville-les-Thermes (leisure centre (6 miles): thermal spa resort, fitness, indoor ski slope, casino, 12,000-capacity concert venue, cinema complex.
  • Walygator leisure park (3 miles).
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