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Semidep Ciotat, a strategic location on the mediterranean


Sheltered by its hills, the blue sea draped at its feet, La Ciotat looks out over the Mediterranean bassin.

Both port and beach resort, where industry and tourism cohabit peacefully, it offers an exceptional quality of life to the people who live there and to the numerous companies lucky enough to work in a location with a sea view. This little port in Provence, close to the highest cliffs in Europe and to protected, unspoiled beauty spots, watched the Lumière brothers invent cinematography and Jules Lenoir create the quintessentially southern sport of petanque. From the Screenwriters' Festival to the Nautical Days of Saint-Pierre, La Ciotat combines charm and culture, energy and easy living in equal measures. A town with a long naval tradition, its shipyards are an inseparable part of its history. Today their redeployment is of great interest to companies specializing in the Yachting Industry and affiliated technologies. They are attracted by a location that is ideally situated between Italy and Spain, at the mouth of the Rhone River valley, with the added charm of being at the very heart of a magnificent Mediterranean bay. The town has everything to make it an important economic site in the South :
- Famous historic shipyards
- A location at the heart of a region richly supplied with industrial and cultural centers
- Part of the greater Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, integrated into the vast urban district of Aix-Marseille.

 
     
Equipped with all the cultural amenities (including theater) and commercial facilities (downtown and shopping district), the town also has:
- A Technical Institute
- Two public high schools
- Three secondary schools
- A hospital with over 300 beds ooking the bay, where a hundred high added value companies are located. They include: Gemplus (world leading producer of smart cards), Intervascular, PLM ...
- A yachting center opening onto one of the most beautiful bays of the Mediterranean basin, just a short distance from the Old Port of Marseille.		  
 
A long naval tradition, combined with the significant economic development of the town, has transformed the former shipyards of La Ciotat into:

The Maritime Industry and Affiliated Activities of La Ciotat.

  • The naval site of La Ciotat is 35 minutes from the Old Port of Marseille, 30 minutes from the main Rhine/Rhone expressways and 2 hours from Italy.
  • Frequent train connections bring the Saint-Charles railway station in Marseille within a half-hour ride of La Ciotat.