Transport and logistics

A range of transport options:
The Languedoc Roussillon
(Languedoc Roussillon Prospection),region offers:
A modern, highly-developed road, rail and waterway network placed at the heart of major traffic routes.
Regional logistics facilities incorporate all available
means of transport:
combined rail/road haulage depots, inland waterway
links, land transport links.

The road and motorway network:
A9 : towards the Rhone Valley, Rhône-Alpes and from Northern Europe to Spain
A54 : Nîmes-Salon, towards Provence Côte d’Azur and Italy
A61 : towards Toulouse and the South-west
A75 : towards Clermont-Ferrand and Central France

The rail network:
Apart from the regional service, the rail network offers direct connections to all the major national destinations (Toulouse, Marseille, Lyon, Paris…) as well as to the leading cities of Northern and Southern Europe.
Over 8 million tonnes of goods pass through the regional rail network

The waterway route:
With its 1,000 T gauge, the Rhone-Sète Canal leads to the Rhone and Saône, giving access to 600 km of waterways from the maritime port.
This method of transport is environmentally friendly and modern, with a new generation of river barges. Inland waterway transport is one of Sète’s great attractions, both for freight (cereals, fertilisers, paper pulp, seeds, cattle cake, scrap metals, etc...) and canal cruise passengers.
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Air connections:
Languedoc Roussillon has 5 airports served by
regular commercial flights.
"Montpellier Méditerranée" International Airport, only 25 Kms from the port of Sète, is the leading airport in the region.

Regional logistics centres:
The large quantity of goods in transit through the region and the emergence of the distribution industry have led to an increase in amenities, and companies have tended to become more specialised.