hautenormandie

Economy

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The High Normandy is nicknamed "porte océane" of the capital, or even appendix harbor industrial of Paris. It shows the economic function and the situation first of the High-Normandy. 
The valley of the Seine is cashed very. She/it was a dam to the extension of links North-south. It is why bridges that clear the Seine are relatively little numerous. 
These links compensate themselves today by the all new «Bridge of Normandy», that comes in complement of the Bridge of Tancarville. 

She is opened to the maritime navigation until Rouen. 
She permitted the creation of an industrial infrastructure especially based on the chemistry and the petrochemistry. 
In the South, regions of trays are situated of every side of the valley. They possess an important network of communications oriented toward island-of-France.

They are dependent of her economic space. This industry contributed to the birth of an urban network greatly hierarchized. The low Seine saw the flight thus, or even the creation of good number of cities. 

Le Havre is the second French harbor. Rouen, situated between the Havre and Paris is historically the first maritime harbor of Paris. Today his room of 5 th French harbor reinforces his industrial and commercial situation. 

The High-Normandy is formed of two departments. They develop themselves differently. One can note important losses of use in the traditional sectors in Seine-maritime. The Eure sudden nevertheless a least reduction of the salaried use. 

The region is one of beacons of the French industry. She characterizes herself by a part important of the salaried use. He represents close to an asset on three. The value added regional, either 38% are superior to the national average that is 25%. The concentration at the level sectorial remains very strong. 
She is dependent of the outside, essentially of island-of-France. 46,1% only salaried employee of the industry work in an enterprise whose social seat is situated in High-Normandy. 

The industry is concentrated the long of the valley of the Seine above all. Some very important production sites are in the veritably varied sectors. Exxon-Chemicals, Goodyear, Hoechst and Oril are in the sector of the chemistry. In the petrochemistry one has Elf, Esso, Lubrizol, Mobil or Total. 
The automotive equipment is present in the region of the Havre, by reason of the presence of France Autoliv, Regimental adjutant, Plastic Omnium, Reydel or Slic. Renault is representative of the automotive construction. To raise Rand and Sidel acts in metallurgy. Big Parish and Rhone Poulenc Health are in the chemistry of basis and manures. The electric and electronic construction is made by Sagem, TRT or Unisys. The activity of the paper-cardboard with the Kimberley-Clark societies or Sodipan is in Rouen in the zone of Rouen-Elbeuf-Duclair-Pavilly. Darblay chapel is the first French center of the paper newspaper.
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The Nuclear possesses 8 slices of 1 300 MWS. For the production of electricity, the Normandy is one of the all first regions. She produces three times more that she doesn't consume. 
It is the first French region for the foreign investments.

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