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Istres and Miramas

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Are you going to be working in Istres or Miramas ?

The Istres and Miramas business parks are located mainly to the northwest of the Étang de Berre, just 30 minutes from the sea.

They are close to great places to live that offer an outstanding quality of life: small Provencal villages that have preserved their historic touches and dynamic but modest cities at equal distances from the tiny inlets of the Côte Bleue and the vast beaches of the Camargue.

Istres and Miramas business parks

Business parks

3,112

Hectares

550

Companies

Hectares
(Istres aeronautics center)

600

Jobs
(village de Marques)

Do you like cities
with a human dimension?

The charm of Istres lies in its historic downtown, pinewood landscape and the delightful banks of the Étang de L’Olivier. A city that loves its ferias and a city that loves water – Istres boasts plenty of cultural and sports activities throughout the year.

Between Aix and Arles lies Salon-de-Provence, a pleasant spot surrounded by scrubland, pinewood and olive groves with authentic farmers’ markets. Though it is known for the French Air Force Academy and the elite Patrouille de France flight squad, it also has a jazz institute and a more unusual school that trains shepherds.

Nicknamed the «Venice of Provence» because of its many bridges and canals, Martigues is perched on the water between the Mediterranean and the Étang de Berre (30 minutes from Istres), whose light has inspired many painters. It is the fourth-largest city in the department and has a theater that features nationally renowned shows.

Do you dream of a
provençal village?

Looking for tiny streets, ancient fountains, wash houses, late 18th century and neoclassical architecture? Grans and Cornillon-Confoux are small, quintessential Provencal villages between Salon-de-Provence and Miramas.

They are less than 30 minutes from your workplace and they entice with a perfect ambiance for families and anyone looking for quiet village living. But they are still active with cultural associations and festivals (piano and jazz festivals in Grans and an adventure movie festival in Cornillon).

Going to work Rental and purchase Medical services Nursery to high school Higher education

Going to work

Highway access: 45 minutes from the Aix TGV high speed train station and the Marseille-Provence international airport by highway via A55 and N569.

Public transportation: the business parks are served by the Cartreize and Ulysse bus systems.

Rental rates

Location	1 bedroom apt.	2 bedroom apt.	House
Istres	€450-600 incl. fees	€600-950 incl. fees	€850-1,000 incl. fees
Salon-de-Provence	€400-650 incl. fees	€650-800 incl. fees	€800-950 incl. fees
Martigues	€450-650 incl. fees	€700-900 incl. fees	€900-1,000 incl. fees
Grans	€500-650 incl. fees	€650-910 incl. fees	€750-1,000 incl. fees
Cornillon	€600-770 incl. fees	€670-780 incl. fees	€900-1,000 incl. fees

Rental rates and prices are not contractual and are provided as a guide only.

A few purchase prices

One-bedroom apartment in Grans from €93,000

Two-bedroom apartment in Martigues from €238,000

Three-room house in Salon-de-Provence from €250,000

Medical services

The Salon-de-Provence hospital complex has 400 beds and the Martigues General Hospital Center offers 510 beds, a heliport, full technical services and an emergency medicine department.

There is also a private clinic in Martigues with 92 beds and a 170-bed private facility in Istres. You only have to drive an hour to reach the hospitals in Aix-en-Provence (762 beds) and Marseille (3,400 beds) which have some of the best healthcare services in France.

Nursery to high school

40 nursery schools
58 kindergartens
65 elementary schools
20 middle schools
20 high schools

Among the cities of Grans, Cornillon, Istres, Salon-de-Provence, Miramas and Martigues.

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).

Higher education

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.
IAE Aix (Aix Marseille Graduate School of Management) ranked among the 30 best schools of management in the world.
Elite higher education institutions: Arts & Métiers ParisTech (Aix-en-Provence), Centrale (Marseille), Ecole Nationale d’Architecture (National School of Architecture, Marseille), Kedge Business School (Marseille), Polytech (Marseille), Mines St Etienne ISMIN (Gardanne), Sciences Po (Aix-en-Provence)…

90,000 students (Académie Aix Marseille)
5 large campuses
12 post-graduate schools
500 apprentices per year
CFAI Provence
2,500 interns per year
Centre AFPA
200 students per year
ISFI: Nurses Training Institute
EPNER Test Pilot School

2013 Shanghai Ranking: amu among the 150 best universities in the world (out of 500) and within the 6 range for french universities.

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