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Sophia Antipolis

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
Aerial view of a company's HQ at Sophia Antipolis
Official logo of Sophia Antipolis
Logo
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 is located in France
Sophia Antipolis
Sophia Antipolis
Sophia Antipolis is located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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."

  1. ^ "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. ^ "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.

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