. Located at the heart of a catchment area with 100 million people living within a 300 km radius,

. A fluid motorway network: at the intersection of the Paris-Brussels (A2) Valenciennes-Lille-Dunkirk (A23-A25) and Calais-Dijon (A26) motorways,

. Access to the northern seaports (Rotterdam, Antwerp, Dunkirk) via the Escaut wide gauge canal (combined transport),

. Airport equipped with ILS (freight and business aviation),

. An exceptional concentration of charteres for the automotive, railway and retail trades,

. A wide range solutions : 26 business parks covering a taotal of 1,700 hectares,

. Elegible for the maximum rate of grant allowed by the European Commission for business locations,

. Logistics sector in full expansion : almost 40% increase in five years (employs 3,500 people),

. 400,000 sq. m. warehousing facilities, 100,000 sq. m. of which have been created in the last five years.