[Automatic translation follows] The Pays de la Loire region includes 5 departments: Loire-Atlantique, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Sarthe and Vendée. It has 3.7 million inhabitants spread across 1,357 municipalities. It is a territory balanced between rural and urban areas, organized around 7 large urban areas (Nantes, Saint-Nazaire, Angers, Cholet, Le Mans, Laval and La-Roche-sur-Yon) and 1,108 municipalities with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants. Bordered by 450 km of coastline and crisscrossed by the Loire, the region has the leading port on the Atlantic coast. Its economic dynamism is a real strength that allows it to have the lowest unemployment rate in France (8.5%). …

Sectors: National and local authorities

[Automatic translation follows] Let's cultivate plant audacity! The VEGEPOLYS VALLEY competitiveness cluster, born from the merger of VEGEPOLYS and Céréales Vallée-Nutravita, brings together on the theme of plants, small and large companies, research laboratories and training establishments. FROM GENETICS TO USES The members of the cluster are present throughout the plant value chain. They innovate for plants, on plants and by plants. This public-private, multi-sector, multi-trade network brings together all the expertise from upstream to downstream through production. Faced with the challenges, VEGEPOLYS VALLEY aims to be the global plant cluster for more competitive, more qualitative, environmentally and health-friendly agriculture. …

Sectors: French Cluster Public business cluster