Lyon, France’s 2nd-largest city and capital of the Rhône-Alpes region (with a population of over 6 million),
offers you a magical mix of strong economic performance and the good life.
Business:
Entrepreneurship is an age-old tradition in this region open to international commerce, home
to over 900 foreign companies and 1,500 company headquarters, including Renault Trucks, JTEKT, BioMérieux and Sanofi Aventis,
to name but a few. What makes Lyon even more appealing is the metropolitan area’s low business set-up costs, 5 to 15% lower
than in Paris, London, Barcelona or Frankfurt.
Lyon is a true crossroads endowed with a dense transport infrastructure, including Lyon-Saint Exupéry International
Airport and a European-scale high-speed TGV rail network placing the city just 1 hour 55 minutes from Paris (with one TGV
every 30 minutes at peak hours), 3 hours 50 minutes from Brussels and, in coming years, just 1 hour 45 minutes from Turin.
Pleasure:
Lyon is a warm, inviting city, the 2nd-largest urban area listed as part of UNESCO’s World Heritage.
At the heart of one of France’s premier tourist regions, it is only an hour away from the 190 resorts of the world’s largest
ski area, the Alps, a 30-minute drive from the vineyards of the Beaujolais and 2 hours from the beaches of the Mediterranean
Sea.
With its 4,000 Velo’V, free-access rental bikes in the city, Lyon is a pioneer in environmentally friendly modes
of transport!
Lyon illustrates success every day, through its great chefs like Paul Bocuse, its artists, its major cultural
events such as the Festival of Lights, the Biennial Dance and Contemporary Art Festivals and the Vienne Jazz Festival, its
sports teams like the Olympique Lyonnais soccer team - champions of France for five years running - its Opera House and its
National Orchestra.