730 000 inhabitants live in the employment basin of Rouen : it is the first regional main city of Paris basin. Rouen population is younger than the national average (36.4 % are under 25). It is among the youngest population in Europe.
Repartition of population
in age group (click)
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• With 45 000 post graduate students, the number of students has increased for the
last 10 years and the number of university poles has been multiplied by 4 : new medicine
& pharmacy university, new tertiary science pole (law and management) new science
university in Le Madrillet, plus a new human science and literature university
• The "Technopôle du Madrillet" gathers the main engineers schools:
- Insa (energetics, math, computer
science, mecanics)
- Esigelec (electricity, electronics,
telecommunication)
• The Mont Saint Aignan campus gathers:
- ESC Rouen,
- IFI,
- ISPP,
- IRTD-SIC
• Other trainings
- School of architecture de
Rouen Darnétal
- CESI, (High Study Centre for Industry)
in Mont Saint Aignan
- Esipta, (Technicians and engineers
School for agriculture) in Val de Reuil
- IUT & BTS
• Professionnal trainings
The Regional Council supports a wide range of professionnal trainings
Research
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6th French area for research, Haute Normandie includes more than a 100 public and private laboratories and 3000 researchers.
The Crihan is a computer resources centre also a calculating centre at the universities disposal (thanks to the Syrhano net)