Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement of Grasse
Valbonne

Sophia Antipolis

Sophia Antipolis is a 2,400 hectare technology park in southeast , 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: technology park in Valbonne, France (near Antibes and Nice)
  • Also known as: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Postal codes:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mouratoglou Tennis Academy and Domaine des Trois Moulins de la Valmasque.

Sports venue
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The is a tennis academy and training center in , , France. Originally named the Bob Brett Academy, it was founded in 1996 by Patrick Mouratoglou and Bob Brett.

Manor estate
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is a manor estate.

University building
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is a French Graduate school and a research center in digital sciences. It is part of the Institut Mines-Télécom and it is a founding member of the SophiaTech Campus in Sophia Antipolis, the largest Science and Technology Information campus in the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Garbejaïre and Le Haut-Sartoux.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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Between the towns of lies the Sophia Antipolis technology park, the 's answer to California's Silicon Valley, which employs many expatriates.

Sophia Antipolis

Latitude
43.61952° or 43° 37′ 10″ north
Longitude
7.05182° or 7° 3′ 7″ east
Elevation
167 metres (548 feet)
IATA airport code
SXD
United Nations Location Code
FR SXD
Open location code
8FM9J392+RP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 251930176
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
6640252
Wiki­data ID
Q1359930
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Sophia Antipolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “صوفيا أنتيبوليس”
  • Bulgarian: “София Антиполис”
  • Catalan: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Cebuano: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Chinese: “法国索菲亚科技园”
  • Chinese: “法國索菲亞科技園”
  • Croatian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Czech: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Dutch: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Dutch: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Dutch: “Telecom Valley”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “صوفيا انتيبوليس”
  • Estonian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Finnish: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • French: “Garbejaire”
  • French: “Haut Sartoux”
  • French: “Nice-Sophia Antipolis”
  • French: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • French: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • French: “technopole de Sophia Antipolis”
  • French: “technopôle de Sophia Antipolis”
  • German: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • German: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Greek: “Σοφία - Αντίπολις”
  • Hebrew: “סופיה אנטיפוליס”
  • Hindi: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Hungarian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Indonesian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Indonesian: “Taman Sophia Antipolis”
  • Italian: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Japanese: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Japanese: “ソフィア・アンティポリス”
  • Korean: “소피아앙티폴리스”
  • Malay: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Norwegian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Sòfia Antipòli”
  • Persian: “سوفیا آنتیپولیس”
  • Polish: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Portuguese: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Romanian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Russian: “София Антиполис”
  • Russian: “София-Антиполис”
  • Slovak: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Slovenian: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Spanish: “Parque de Sophia Antipolis”
  • Spanish: “Parque de Sophia Antípolis”
  • Spanish: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Spanish: “Sophia Antípolis”
  • Swedish: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Swedish: “Sophia-Antipolis”
  • Turkish: “Sophia Antipolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Софія Антиполіс”
  • Vietnamese: “Sophia Antipolis”

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