Editing Rennes (section)

==Economy==
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The local economy is based on car manufacturing, telecommunications, the digital sector and agrifood.

The telecommunications firm [[Orange S.A.|Orange]] (ex-France Telecom) is the largest private employer in the metropolitan area of Rennes with a workforce of 4,800 people. [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]] is the second largest private employer, with 3,000 employees. PSA opened a manufacturing plant at La Janais in [[Chartres-de-Bretagne]] in 1961. [[Technicolor Creative Studios|Technicolor]], one of the biggest TV and cinema broadcasting firms in the world, employs over 500 people.

Rennes has the second largest concentration of digital and ICT firms in France after Paris (with well-known companies and [[Startup company|startups]] like [[Atos]], [[Google]], Neosoft, Orange S.A., [[Thales]], [[Ericsson]], [[Harmonic Inc.|Harmonic France]], [[STmicroelectronics]], [[Technicolor R&D]], [[Ubisoft]], Regionsjob, [[Capgemini]], [[OVH]], [[Dassault Systèmes]], Delta Dore, [[Canon Inc.|Canon]], Artefacto, Enensys Technologies, Exfo, [[Mitsubishi Electric|Mitsubishi Electric R&D Europe]], Digitaleo, [[Gopili|Kelbillet]], [[Klaxoon]], [[Sopra Group]], Niji, and [[Airbus Cybersecurity]]). Rennes was one of the first French cities to receive [[French Tech]] accreditation, in November 2014. Moreover, Rennes has the third highest public research potential in the digital and ICT sectors in France, after Paris and Grenoble, with 3,000 people working in 10 laboratories, including the well-known IRISA, IETR, IRMAR, DGA-MI (cyberdefense), and SATIE. It also has the third highest innovation potential in the French agrifood industry, with many firms in this field ([[Lactalis]], Triballat Sojasun, Coralis, Panavi, [[Bridor]], Groupe Avril, Loïc Raison, Groupe Roullier, Sanders, etc.), an agro campus (Agrocampus Ouest) and a large international and professional expo, SPACE (held every September).

Other large firms located in Rennes include the restaurant conglomerate [[Groupe Le Duff]] (owners of [[Brioche Dorée]], [[Bruegger's]], [[La Madeleine (restaurant chain)|La Madeleine]], [[Mimi's Cafe]], [[Timothy's World Coffee]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.groupeleduff.com/en/contact/contact/contact.html | title=Page de maintenance - Groupe LE DUFF }}</ref>), Ouest-France, the most-read French-language newspaper in the world (with a circulation of 800,000 daily copies), and Samsic [[Service (economics)|Service]] (cleanliness, industrial safety, job search, etc.).