Grand Est
An exporting region looking towards Europe
The region is at the heart of Europe, since it is home to the European Parliament building in Strasbourg. Grand Est shares 800 km (500 miles) of border with four countries (Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany and Switzerland) and has attractive urban centers only 45 minutes from Paris.
This gives the region an unrivalled position in Europe and helps to buoy its international trade. With over 12% of national trade and three quarters of EU trade (including 30% with Germany), it has become established as a top-tier exporting region and a logistics hub of choice for investors.
A strong regional manufacturing base
The region’s manufacturing strength is apparent in several highly specialized sectors: metalworking and manufacturing machinery and equipment, the chemicals industry, the wood industry and the agri-food industry. They account for a fifth of the region’s value added and 16% of its jobs.
The European Commission has recognized Grand Est as one of the ten leading industrial transition regions. The region is pursuing a strategy heavily geared towards the bio-economy, drawing on highly developed manufacturing facilities and expertise for production of bio-based materials and molecules from agricultural biomass and forest resources, and based on a Bio-Pact signed with Hauts de France and Ile de France (Paris region).
A region fully committed to the industries of the future
With 11,500 researchers and over 50 technology transfer and innovation bodies, Grand Est has an ecosystem abounding in players in recognized fields: healthcare, mobility, ecological transition, the bio-economy and materials. It has become established as the fourth most important region in France for European patent applications and boasts a number of competitiveness clusters, including IAR (industry and agricultural resources, bio-economy), Véhicule du Futur (cars) and Alsace BioValley (healthcare, biotechnology).
Where to apply for a residence permit
- Préfecture des Ardennes
Adresse : 1, place de la préfecture – B.P. 60002
08005 Charleville-Mézières cedex
Téléphone : 03 24 59 66 00
Préfet : Pascal Joly
- Préfecture de l’Aube Préfet
Thierry Mosimann
2 rue Pierre Labonde CS 20372 -10025 Troyes cedex
Téléphone : 03 25 42 35 00 | Fax: 03 25 73 77 26
Courriel : prefecture@aube.gouv.fr
- Préfecture de Haute-Marne
Préfète : Elodie Degiovanni
89 rue Victoire de la Marne 52011 CHAUMONT Cedex
Téléphone : 03 25 30 52 52 – Télécopie : 03 25 32 01 26
Courriel : prefecture@haute-marne.gouv.fr
- Préfecture de la Marne
Préfet : Denis Conus
1, rue de Jessaint
CS 50431
51036 CHALONS-EN-CHAMPAGNE
Nous contacter par téléphone: 03 26 26 10 10
- Préfecture de Meurthe-et-Moselle
Préfet : Eric Freysselinard
1 rue Préfet Claude Erignac
CS 60031 – 54038 NANCY CEDEX
- Préfecture de la Meuse
Préfet : Alexandre Rochatte
40, rue du Bourg – CS 30512
55012 BAR-LE-DUC Cedex
Tél. : 03.29.77.55.55 – Fax : 03.29.79.64.49
- Préfecture de Moselle
Préfet : Didier Martin
- Préfecture des Vosges
Préfet : Pierre Ory
Place Foch
88026 ÉPINAL Cedex
Téléphone : 03.29.69.88.88 (standard)
Your regional contacts
Grand Est Regional Council
David Figuier – Head of Attractiveness and Internationalization
1, place Adrien Zeller
67070 STRASBOURG CEDEX
Tel: +33 3 88 15 65 40
French Tech in Grand Est
French Tech East is the French Tech capital of eastern France, a gateway to European markets, which has the ambition of discovering world champions.
French Tech East includes Lorntech and French Tech Alsace.
The missions of French Tech East are to support the development of Deep Tech projects, to promote and support the growth and internationalization of startups and scaleups, and to deploy French Tech tools and systems.
The Grand Est is also present in the French Tech network through the following themes:
- #healthtech: Nogentech cluster bringing together medical and mechanical companies + France biotech + French tech Alsace
- #sport: Fabrik du sport in Reims: A Reims association bringing together the sports start-up ecosystem, federations and clubs, as well as sports companies in the Reims region.
- #fintech: Lorntech is the French Tech Metropolis of the Grand Est, which brings together the four agglomerations of the Sillon Lorrain: Épinal, Metz, Nancy and Thionville. Lorntech is a collective which brings together the operators of the startup ecosystem in Lorraine whose mission it is to stimulate the emergence of innovative projects and to accelerate the growth and international development of Lorntech startups.
- #Iot #Manufacturing: Lorntech + French Tech Alsace
Discover Grand Est
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