Located in Normandy at the heart of the “Baie de Seine”, adjacent to the Seine estuary and less than two hours from Paris, the conurbation of Caen la mer is centrally positioned on France’s premier shipping axis (Le Havre, Rouen, Cherbourg, Caen). Linked to the world’s busiest seas by a twelve kilometre long ship canal, Caen la mer has an exceptional waterfront, allowing the marine sector to thrive within the framework of the NORLANDA programme.
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The determination to develop the marine potential of the area is evidenced by the firm consensus uniting the private and public sectors across the region.
NORLANDA, the codename of the marine economic development programme of Caen la mer, addresses the needs of all sectors of the marine industry: boat design and construction, marine equipment manufacture, maintenance, training and the eventual scrapping & recycling of pleasure boats at the end of their life.
Its principal aim is to help companies that wish to set up in our region by offering them a warm welcome and focussed help to enable them to establish themselves quickly and effectively.
Many companies are following the evolution of the programme with great interest, for it will afford them an opportunity to develop their business in step with a rapid expansion of the region’s marine sector. Simultaneously, tourism and sporting activities related to the sea are taking off. Marinas and seaside resorts in Normandy are attracting growing numbers of tourists from France, other European countries and the U.S. each year.
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An ideal mix of skills and know-how.
Expertise and knowledge come together in Normandy. Research and Development are the region’s top priorities. Caen la mer, a conurbation of 250,000 inhabitants with a university of 25,000 students and 2,500 researchers, is home to a large number of private and public sector research facilities. Home also to a wide range of internationally recognised training and education programmes, it is a breeding ground for jobs within the marine sector. What better foundation could there be for the Norlanda programme, a programme uniting the private and public sectors of the region?
