antibes - Sophia Antipolis
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Several institutions of higher learning are also located here, along with the European headquarters of W3C.
Sophia Antipolis is named after
antibes Sophia Antipolis Sophie Glikman-Toumarkine, the wife of French Senator Pierre Laffitte, founder of the park, and incidentally, Sophia, the Greek word for
antibes wisdom, and Antipolis, the ancient Greek name of Antibes.
Sophia Antipolis antibes also benefits from the close proximity of Thales Alenia Space (Cannes), IBM (La Gaude), and Texas Instruments (Villeneuve-Loubet).
Coordinates: 43°37′20″N 7°3′0″E / 43.62222°N 7.05°E / 43.62222; 7.05
. Sophia Antipolis
antibes Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia is a technology park northwest of Antibes and southwest of Nice, France.
Much of the park falls within the commune antibes of Valbonne. Created in 1970-84, it houses primarily companies in the fields of computing, electronics, pharmacology and biotechnology.
