Bordeaux is one of Europe's military, space and aeronautics research and construction
centres, gathering the R&D activities of such companies as EADS space
division and Thales, but also missile engines and Dassault's planes
construction plants among others.
It is the core of France's strategic nuclear
research and physics experiments, hosting the Centre d'Etudes Atomiques and the
Megajoule laser project among other high technology wide-scale projects.
With almost 100,000 students, the city's university is renowned for its research
units in crop science, new materials and nanotechnologies, along with its Institut d'études politiques,
its communication and journalism institute and its law school.
Bordeaux wine draws its name from the city around which it has been produced since the 8th
century. Thus the city is known as the world's wine capital, hosting the wine industry's biggest event:
Vinexpo.
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