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Sophia Antipolis

January 01, 1970

43°37′20″N 7°3′0″E / 43.62222°N 7.05000°E / 43.62222; 7.05000

Sophia Antipolis
Aerial view of a company's HQ at Sophia Antipolis
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Etymology: Greek: (σοφία, sophía) (wisdom), Greek: (Ἀντίπολις, antipolis) ("opposite city" from its position on the opposite side of the Var estuary from Nice, also former name of Antibes, part of the technology park)
Sophia Antipolis
Sophia Antipolis
Coordinates: 43°36′56″N 7°03′18″E / 43.6155°N 7.0550°E / 43.6155; 7.0550
Country France
RegionProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
CommunesAntibes, Biot, Mougins, Valbonne, Vallauris
Websitesophia-antipolis.fr

Sophia Antipolis is a 2,400 hectare technology park in southeast France, and as of 2021 home to 2,500 companies, valued today at more than 5.6 billion euros and employing more than 38,000 people counting more than 80 nationalities.[1][2][3][4] The park is known to be Europe's first science and technology hub.[5] The technology park is also a platform, cluster and creation-hub for start-ups.[6][7][8]

The "technopole" houses primarily companies in the fields of computing,[9] electronics, telecommunication, pharmacology and biotechnology.[10] Several institutions of higher learning are also located here, along with the European headquarters of W3C, ETSI, European Society of Cardiology, etc.

The park is supported by the Sophia Antipolis Foundation, which aims to support "technological and scientific innovation and research projects at the service of mankind and our environment."[11] The foundation’s honorary chairman is Pierre Laffitte and its president is Jean-Pierre Mascarelli, who is also president of SYMISA, the Sophia Antipolis Joint Association, which is "responsible for managing land, equipment, marketing and upkeeping the park and is involved with coordination activities for harmonious development of the technology park."

Naming edit

Sophia Antipolis is named after Sophie Glikman-Toumarkine, the wife of French Senator Pierre Laffitte, founder of the park, and incidentally, Sophia, the Greek word for wisdom, and Antipolis, the ancient (Greek) name of a nearby seaside town Antibes. Many of the roads within the technology park have Greek names. There is a giant sculptured Greek urn as a centre-piece on one of the roundabouts.

The park is also termed a "technopole".[12][13]

History edit

Gérald Hanning was the consultant advisor to the DATAR for this industrial/scientific complex created 1970 to 1984.[citation needed]

French Senator Pierre Laffitte conceived the idea of Sophia Antipolis, calling for decentralization and "rural branch of the capital".[1]

In 2016, the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy was relocated from Montreuil to Sophia Antipolis.[14]

The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the park.[1][15]

Agenda 2040 edit

An agenda named "Sophia 2040" was created to "restore the former glory of the technology park's historic centre".[16]

Further novel investments e. g. into intelligent vehicle technology have been initiated.[16][17]

Location edit

The technology park lies over an area that stretches into 5 municipalities or communes, much of it falling within the commune of Valbonne, which lies northwest of Antibes and southwest of Nice, France.

Residential community edit

Several neighborhoods within the park area exist, which make the area attractive to live: Garbejaire, Haut-Sartoux, Saint-Philippe and the Place Sophie Laffitte.[4] The locations include typical public services such as a post office, shops, hairdressers, a primary school, sport complexes, hotels, church, children play areas, etc. The area is also surrounded by multiple golf courses and located north of the science park lies the large Regional Natural Park of the Préalpes d'Azur.[18]

Public transport edit

 
A bus stop in Sophia Antipolis.

Several bus routes (27 urban routes and 64 school bus routes) cover the vast area of the technology park. The main bus route (Ligne A, formerly known as Ligne 1), that was redesigned in 2020, connects the central bus station of the park (Gare Routière Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis) with Antibes railway station and Juan les Pins, with bus stops at main universities such as Polytech Nice Sophia and SKEMA. Antibes railway station provides access to the Riviera coastal railway (TER Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur) with eastbound trains to Nice, Monaco and Ventimiglia, or westbound trains to Toulon and Marseille.

The technology park also has special express lines directly connecting the park with neighbouring cities:

  • Ligne 230 (Nice - Sophia Antipolis)
  • Ligne 232 (St. Laurent du Var - Sophia Antipolis)
  • Ligne 530 (Grasse - Sophia Antipolis)
  • Ligne 630 (Cannes - Valbonne)
  • Envibus Ligne A (Antibes - Valbonne)

The nearest international airport for the general public is the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport. Passengers travelling through private jets and non-scheduled flights can use the Cannes – Mandelieu Airport as an alternative.

Academic and research institutions edit

 
A research lab in Sophia Antipolis
 
Building belonging to Polytech Nice Sophia engineering school in Sophia Antipolis

Companies edit

The technology park as of 2021 lists around 2,500 companies.[12] The park also benefits from close proximity of other large corporations in the area, e. g. Thales Alenia Space (in Cannes), IBM (La Gaude) and Schneider Electric (Carros). Furthermore, the park is near the large city of Nice and its industries.[19]

The following list is a partial selection without claim to completeness or actuality. For an up-to-date listing and map of "park stakeholders" refer to the main website.[20]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "History". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  2. ^ "Choosing Sophia Antipolis". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  3. ^ "Un projet tertiaire "écolo" signé Jean Nouvel aux portes de Sophia Antipolis". France 24 (in French). 2018-12-06. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  4. ^ a b "Live in Sophia Antipolis". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  5. ^ Symisa. "50th Anniversary of Sophia Antipolis, The First Science and Technology Hub in Europe". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  6. ^ "Inauguration of the unicorn start-up Symphony in Sophia Antipolis". Invest in Côte d'Azur. 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  7. ^ "Fintech : Symphony accélère à Sophia Antipolis". Les Echos (in French). 2019-07-17. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  8. ^ "Business Cluster start-ups". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  9. ^ "HPE to build supercomputer for the Maison de l'Intelligence Artificielle". www.datacenterdynamics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  10. ^ "Health and biotechnologies". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  11. ^ "The Sophia Antipolis Foundation". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  12. ^ a b "The Technology Park". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  13. ^ STRATTE-MCCLURE, JOEL (2000-10-02). "A French Exception to the Science Park Rule". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  14. ^ Navas, Christiane (12 January 2016). "La Mouratoglou Tennis Academy ouvrira en juillet". Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  15. ^ "50 ans de Sophia Antipolis". Sophia-Antipolis (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  16. ^ a b "Sophia 2040". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  17. ^ "Intelligent Vehicles and Mobility". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  18. ^ "Accueil". Parc naturel régional des Préalpes d'Azur (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  19. ^ "Côte d'Azur Investment Promotion Agency - Invest in Côte d'Azur France". Invest in Côte d'Azur. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  20. ^ "Technology park stakeholders". Sophia-Antipolis. Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  21. ^ Sanyas, Nil (2012-12-18). "Texas Instruments abandonnera le site de Villeneuve-Loubet l'an prochain". www.nextinpact.com (in French). Retrieved 2021-08-31.
  22. ^ Pelé, Anne-Françoise (2009-09-04). "EETimes - Wipro-NewLogic to close site in Sophia Antipolis, say employees". EETimes. Retrieved 2021-08-31.

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sophia Antipolis.
  • Official website
  • Team Côte d’Azur - Main investment agency and body for the Riviera's ecosystem
  • Sophia Antipolis Urban Community (CASA) - A property agency
  • Centre International de Valbonne (CIV) - An international school

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6 billion euros and employing more than 38 000 people counting more than 80 nationalities 1 2 3 4 The park is known to be Europe s first science and technology hub 5 The technology park is also a platform cluster and creation hub for start ups 6 7 8 The technopole houses primarily companies in the fields of computing 9 electronics telecommunication pharmacology and biotechnology 10 Several institutions of higher learning are also located here along with the European headquarters of W3C ETSI European Society of Cardiology etc The park is supported by the Sophia Antipolis Foundation which aims to support technological and scientific innovation and research projects at the service of mankind and our environment 11 The foundation s honorary chairman is Pierre Laffitte and its president is Jean Pierre Mascarelli who is also president of SYMISA the Sophia Antipolis Joint Association which is responsible for managing land equipment marketing and upkeeping the park and is involved with coordination activities for harmonious development of the technology park Contents 1 Naming 2 History 3 Agenda 2040 4 Location 5 Residential community 6 Public transport 7 Academic and research institutions 8 Companies 9 References 10 External linksNaming editSophia Antipolis is named after Sophie Glikman Toumarkine the wife of French Senator Pierre Laffitte founder of the park and incidentally Sophia the Greek word for wisdom and Antipolis the ancient Greek name of a nearby seaside town Antibes Many of the roads within the technology park have Greek names There is a giant sculptured Greek urn as a centre piece on one of the roundabouts The park is also termed a technopole 12 13 History editGerald Hanning was the consultant advisor to the DATAR for this industrial scientific complex created 1970 to 1984 citation needed French Senator Pierre Laffitte conceived the idea of Sophia Antipolis calling for decentralization and rural branch of the capital 1 In 2016 the Mouratoglou Tennis Academy was relocated from Montreuil to Sophia Antipolis 14 The year 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of the park 1 15 Agenda 2040 editAn agenda named Sophia 2040 was created to restore the former glory of the technology park s historic centre 16 Further novel investments e g into intelligent vehicle technology have been initiated 16 17 Location editThe technology park lies over an area that stretches into 5 municipalities or communes much of it falling within the commune of Valbonne which lies northwest of Antibes and southwest of Nice France Residential community editSeveral neighborhoods within the park area exist which make the area attractive to live Garbejaire Haut Sartoux Saint Philippe and the Place Sophie Laffitte 4 The locations include typical public services such as a post office shops hairdressers a primary school sport complexes hotels church children play areas etc The area is also surrounded by multiple golf courses and located north of the science park lies the large Regional Natural Park of the Prealpes d Azur 18 Public transport edit nbsp A bus stop in Sophia Antipolis Several bus routes 27 urban routes and 64 school bus routes cover the vast area of the technology park The main bus route Ligne A formerly known as Ligne 1 that was redesigned in 2020 connects the central bus station of the park Gare Routiere Valbonne Sophia Antipolis with Antibes railway station and Juan les Pins with bus stops at main universities such as Polytech Nice Sophia and SKEMA Antibes railway station provides access to the Riviera coastal railway TER Provence Alpes Cote d Azur with eastbound trains to Nice Monaco and Ventimiglia or westbound trains to Toulon and Marseille The technology park also has special express lines directly connecting the park with neighbouring cities Ligne 230 Nice Sophia Antipolis Ligne 232 St Laurent du Var Sophia Antipolis Ligne 530 Grasse Sophia Antipolis Ligne 630 Cannes Valbonne Envibus Ligne A Antibes Valbonne The nearest international airport for the general public is the Nice Cote d Azur Airport Passengers travelling through private jets and non scheduled flights can use the Cannes Mandelieu Airport as an alternative Academic and research institutions edit nbsp A research lab in Sophia Antipolis nbsp Building belonging to Polytech Nice Sophia engineering school in Sophia Antipolis European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ERCIM the European home of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C European Telecommunications Standards Institute ETSI EURECOM INRIA Sophia Antipolis unit Institut Interdisciplinaire d Intelligence Artificielle 3iA Institut Sophia Agrobiotech INRAE CNRS UCA Institut Universitaire de Technologie IUT Nice Cote d Azur UCA Laboratoire d Informatique Signaux et Systemes de Sophia Antipolis I3S CNRS UCA Mines ParisTech Ecole Nationale Superieure de Mines de Paris Polytech Nice Sophia polytechnic school of the University of Cote d Azur formerly known as University of Nice Sophia Antipolis Skema Business School School of Knowledge Economy and ManagementCompanies editThe technology park as of 2021 lists around 2 500 companies 12 The park also benefits from close proximity of other large corporations in the area e g Thales Alenia Space in Cannes IBM La Gaude and Schneider Electric Carros Furthermore the park is near the large city of Nice and its industries 19 The following list is a partial selection without claim to completeness or actuality For an up to date listing and map of park stakeholders refer to the main website 20 3Roam Accenture Air France ALTEN Altran Praxis software house Amadeus a travel industry IT company American Express Global Business Travel Arm Holdings Ashland Inc Astrium GeoInformation Services Atos Avanade Broadcom Bosch Cadence Design Systems Capgemini CEVA France Riviera Waves SAS CODIX Cisco Crossbeam Systems CSR plc Dailymotion Dassault Systemes Dow Electrosmart Ethertronics Fortinet Funifier Galderma Laboratories Gemalto Hewlett Packard HiPe Kids Hitachi Sophia Antipolis laboratory Honeywell Huawei IBM Icera Semiconductor now part of Nvidia Infineon Intel Lionbridge Luxottica Maxim Integrated Micromania Video Game Retailer MRL Technology Nicox Nvidia NXP Semiconductors Orange Pixeet 360 degree software and mobile hardware solutions International Center for Advanced Communication Renault Software Labs Rohm and Haas SAP AG SAP Labs France Scaleo chip Sequans Communications Sigma Orionis SA the oldest spin off company of Sophia Antipolis founded in 1984 by researchers from Mines Paristech Slice Factory SMG Swiss Marketplace Group ST Ericsson STMicroelectronics STNWireless JV Symphony Communication Tetra Engineering Europe Texas Instruments SA site closed 21 The Next Level Transas Triadss Tech Solutions Toyota ED2 Toyota Europe Design Development studio TrackInsight An exchange traded funds analysis platform UDcast Valbonne Consulting Wall Street Systems Wipro NewLogic SA site closed a former VLSI specialist design house with HQ in Austria 22 References edit a b c History Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Choosing Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Un projet tertiaire ecolo signe Jean Nouvel aux portes de Sophia Antipolis France 24 in French 2018 12 06 Retrieved 2021 08 31 a b Live in Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Symisa 50th Anniversary of Sophia Antipolis The First Science and Technology Hub in Europe www prnewswire com Retrieved 2021 08 31 Inauguration of the unicorn start up Symphony in Sophia Antipolis Invest in Cote d Azur 2019 07 17 Retrieved 2021 08 31 Fintech Symphony accelere a Sophia Antipolis Les Echos in French 2019 07 17 Retrieved 2021 08 31 Business Cluster start ups Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 HPE to build supercomputer for the Maison de l Intelligence Artificielle www datacenterdynamics com Retrieved 2021 08 31 Health and biotechnologies Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 The Sophia Antipolis Foundation Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 a b The Technology Park Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 STRATTE MCCLURE JOEL 2000 10 02 A French Exception to the Science Park Rule Time ISSN 0040 781X Retrieved 2021 08 31 Navas Christiane 12 January 2016 La Mouratoglou Tennis Academy ouvrira en juillet Les Echos in French Retrieved 17 April 2024 50 ans de Sophia Antipolis Sophia Antipolis in French Retrieved 2021 08 31 a b Sophia 2040 Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Intelligent Vehicles and Mobility Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Accueil Parc naturel regional des Prealpes d Azur in French Retrieved 2021 08 31 Cote d Azur Investment Promotion Agency Invest in Cote d Azur France Invest in Cote d Azur Retrieved 2021 08 31 Technology park stakeholders Sophia Antipolis Retrieved 2021 08 31 Sanyas Nil 2012 12 18 Texas Instruments abandonnera le site de Villeneuve Loubet l an prochain www nextinpact com in French Retrieved 2021 08 31 Pele Anne Francoise 2009 09 04 EETimes Wipro NewLogic to close site in Sophia Antipolis say employees EETimes Retrieved 2021 08 31 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sophia Antipolis Official website Team Cote d Azur Main investment agency and body for the Riviera s ecosystem Sophia Antipolis Urban Community CASA A property agency Centre International de Valbonne CIV An international school Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sophia Antipolis amp oldid 1219405233, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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