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Business parks of La Ciotat La Ciotat lies between Toulon and Marseille, surrounded by remarkable natural riches such as the garrigue scrubland and a stunning, rocky coastline indented with creeks, or Calanques. La Ciotat is a city of light, the birthplace of cinema, and also a symbol of exemplary economic renewal with its naval shipyard and the Athélia business parks, which make the town one of the major economic hubs east of the Rhône delta. Création : Arc en ciel Marseille - Crédits photo : Fotolia, D.R. Best Western-La Ciotat Western-La Best D.R. Fotolia, Arc en ciel Marseille - Crédits photo : Création :

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ARE YOU A CITY LOVE THE SEA? PERSON? You can live near your workplace in La Ciotat, a resort town facing the sea with its rocky inlets (the Calanques), Head for Marseille’s eastern and southern districts! beaches and seafront promenade, ideal for walking and La Capelette is a big hit for the inhabitants of cycling. La Ciotat is a dynamic town too, with its naval Marseille. This has much to do with the new Parc du shipyard, business parks, casino, discotheques and a rich 26e Centenaire and the apartments being built. cultural life. Do you like wide avenues? Choose the Prado district. The beach is 2 km away. Do you dream of a house with a garden? Then opt for La Valentine, where quality housing developments DO YOU PREFER THE have gone up. COUNTRYSIDE? Opt for Gémenos or Aubagne. Apartments, ‘country chic’ Provencal farmhouses at the foot of the Garlaban hills, housing developments: there is a wide range of housing LA PROVENCE, on offer. At weekends you can stroll through the local producers’ “THE PLACE TO BE!“ market in Aubagne. Looking for culture? The Comoedia theatre in Aubagne puts on an eclectic programme all year round. And in summer, the open-air theatre at Gémenos plays host to every type of live performance.

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Motorway access: La Ciotat is located 37 km from Marseille and 46 km from Aix-en-Provence. The town is served by the A50 motorway and the D559 departmental road. Public transportation: TER railway from Marseille, Aubagne and Toulon Cartreize bus network: Route 69 from Marseille via Aubagne Route 72 from Aix-en-Provence via Aubagne Ciotabus from La Ciotat town centre. Medical services La Ciotat’s public-private health cluster combines the services GREEN INITIATIVE: of two establishments on one site to provide multi-purpose, Car sharing: sign up on the Via Athélia website shared technical facilities. (www.covoiturage-via-athelia.fr) available to companies that Aubagne and Marseille hospitals are nearby. Marseille is belong to Athélia Entreprendre France’s second biggest health area, offering some of the best health services in the country. ‘Marseille has always had great doctors’. 1 Accommodation Rental rates incl. charges A few purchase prices Geographical 1-bed apt. 2-bed apt. House sectors One-bedroom property in the new eco-district west of Aubagne from €139,000 La Capelette €500-750 €720-920 €890-1,100 (Marseille - Xe arrdt) Two-bedroom property in La Capelette, a stone’s throw e La Ciotat €600-820 €690-780 €900-1,200 from the Parc du 26 Centenaire from €176,000 Aubagne €580-700 €690-780 €900-1,200 Three-bedroom house in a residential district of La Ciotat from €341,500 Rental rates and prices are not contractual and are provided as guide only 1-Pr Yves Baille, Chairman of Marseille’s Medical Heritage Conservatory ARE YOU GOING TO BE WORKING IN LA CIOTAT?

Sports Go shopping, The Athélia zone has sports clubs offering squash, climbing, stretching, fitness, indoor football and dance. go out or party If you prefer the open air, go for beach volleyball, sailing, paddle-boarding or kayaking. Climbing and The ‘La Ciotat Park’ shopping centre in the Ancre hiking fans will be thrilled by the Calanques. Marine complex has some 15 branded stores on a 10,000 m² site, supplementing the shops available in the town centre. Night-owls can party to their hearts’ content in the open-air lounge bars and discos on the seafront! Lunch near you know? your workplace Did La Ciotat has the world’s oldest cinema! The Eden Stop to eat on the terrace of one of the Athélia zone’s Theatre showed the Lumière brothers’ films in 1899, restaurants, or have lunch on the seafront. If you was classified as a historical monument in 1996 and prefer to stay in the office: forget tasteless sandwiches: reopened in 2013 after major restoration work. It is a have a lovingly prepared meal delivered! fundamental part of cinema heritage.

1-Pr Yves Baille, Chairman of Marseille’s Medical Heritage Conservatory DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN? Whether they’re (still) From nursery babies or (already) to to high school teenagers, rest

Among the cities of Aubagne, Gémenos, assured there will be La Ciotat and Marseille (South and East districts)3, you will find: a pre-school, primary • 25 DAYCARE CENTERS , • 79 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, (including 2 establishments in the and secondary Athélia zone)4 • 17 MIDDLE SCHOOLS, • 79 PRESCHOOLS, • 17 HIGH SCHOOLS. education option to suit your needs. International programmes, with some classes taught in foreign languages, have been opened in several middle and high schools in Aix-en-Provence (German and English), Marseilles (German, English, Arabic, Spanish and Italian) and Pennes Mirabeau (English).

• AMU (Aix-Marseille University): the largest university in the French-speaking world • Wide-ranging and multidisciplinary education options that encompass all disciplines: The arts, humanities and social sciences, Economics and management, Health care, Sciences and technology, Law • A university with a global outlook: 45 degrees through international partnership arrangements and 10 Erasmus Mundus programs. 90,000 • IAE Aix (Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management) students (Académie Aix Marseille) ranked among the 30 best schools of management in the 5 world large campuses • Elite higher education institutions: Arts & Métiers Higher 5 ParisTech (Aix-en-Provence), Centrale (Marseille), Ecole post-graduate Nationale d’Architecture (National School of Architecture, education schools 12 Marseille), Kedge Business School (Marseille), Polytech (Marseille), Mines St Etienne-ISMIN (Gardanne), Sciences 2013 Shanghai Ranking: Po (Aix-en-Provence)… AMU AMONG THE 150 BEST

3-Data is for information purposes only and may be modified in the future UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD 4-Including an inter-company crèche available to employees even if they do not live in La Ciotat 5-Financial Times 2013 Ranking (OUT OF 500) AND WITHIN THE 4-6 RANGE FOR FRENCH UNIVERSITIES.

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