Euroméditerranée ( French pronunciation: [øʁɔmeditɛʁane] ) is an urban renewal project underway in Marseille to create a ecodistrict in the neighbourhood of La Joliette .
4-666: The project was launched in 1995 with the initiative of Mayor Robert Vigouroux and the State. The agreement for the establishment of a public agency of development was signed in 1994, working on an area of 310 hectares. Since 2007, Euroméditerranée Act 2 has extended the scope to 170 new hectares north. This project is funded by the European Union, the State, the Regional Council, the Departmental Council,
8-567: The renovation of the Rue de la République, the construction of the CMA CGM Tower (33 floors, 147 metres). The budget of the project amounts to €7 billion investment, of which €5 billion of private investment. 43°18′54″N 5°21′54″E / 43.315039°N 5.364972°E / 43.315039; 5.364972 Robert Vigouroux Robert Vigouroux ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ viɡuʁu] ; 21 March 1923 – 9 July 2017)
12-624: The urban community and the City of Marseille. The Euroméditerranée eco-district is home to the Thassalia project, Europe’s first geothermal marine power station, which uses the waters of the Mediterranean to cool buildings in the summer and warm them in the winter. Among the achievements of Euroméditerranée figure: the Docks renovation into offices, the renovation of the silo into a theater,
16-653: Was a French politician and writer. He was the Mayor of Marseille (the second largest city in France ) from 1986 to 1995 , and a French Senator for the Bouches-du-Rhône from 1989 to 1998. Robert Vigouroux was born in Paris . In 1942, he moved to Marseilles to work as a doctor in hospitals. He was elected as Mayor of Marseille in 1986, and as Senator in 1989. He later published two volumes of poetry under
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