Nicolas Appert Business Park – Castelnaudary – Aude – Certified as a ‘turnkey industrial site’ by ‘Territoires d’industrie’

Industrial and logistics business park in the Aude

The Occitanie Economic Zone (OZE) Nicolas Appert is a business park specialising in agri-food, industrial and logistics activities.

Accessibility of the business park

Situated in Castelnaudary, in the Aude department of the Occitanie region, the business park offers a prime location for industrial or logistics companies wishing to expand in the South of France:

• Toulouse, 60 km away
• Narbonne: 100 km
• Béziers: 130 km
• Perpignan: 155 km
• Sète: 175 km
• Montpellier 190 km away
• Close to the A61 motorway

Features of the business park

A total of 17 ha of serviced industrial land is available for sale within the 130 ha business park.

Description of the sites:

• Electricity supply: 10 MW of available power
• Gas supply: Connection available for each plot
• Fibre-optic network (ultra-high-speed broadband) and telecoms
• Drinking water / raw water supply: Connection to the public network pending for each plot
• Connection to the sewerage network: Connection pending for each plot
• Connection to the stormwater drainage network: retention basin
• Fire protection: Public fire hydrants connected to the site’s drinking water and raw water networks
• Road network: Direct access to the A61 motorway junction at Castelnaudary
• ZRR zone: Rural Revitalisation Zone (tax exemptions)
• AFR Zone ( regional development aid)
• Price of industrial land: €35/m²

Businesses based in the business park

Companies such as Volvo Trucks, the “Chez Marty” restaurant and the Leclerc Group (Scafish and Socamil) have chosen the Nicolas Appert business park to expand their operations.

A turnkey industrial site

The Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery has designated the Nicolas Appert business park as a “turnkey industrial site” as part of the Territoires d’Industrie programme. This business park is ideal for establishing new industrial activities within reliable and manageable timeframes.

A turnkey industrial site is:

• A site suitable for the establishment of industrial or logistics operations covering a minimum area of 1 hectare
• Vacant and developed land immediately available for sale or rent
• The necessary procedures and preliminary studies to set up a factory within reliable and controlled timeframes
• An attractive local environment (accessibility, infrastructure, business ecosystem)
• Vacant or developed brownfield sites intended to be redeveloped as sites for economic activities