Editing Metz (section)

== Transport ==

Distance between Metz and :
Paris : 333 km -
Luxembourg : 60 km -
Germany : 60 km -
Belgium : 80 km.

Metz has the advantage of having major communications links that reinforce its European vocation : 

'''Motorway interchange''' : the A31 linking Northern Europe to the Mediterranean crosses the A4 which provides the link between the Atlantic and Eastern Europe. 

'''Airport facilities''' : the airports of Metz/Nancy/Lorraine, Luxembourg and Saarbrucken 
International rail links to Germany, Luxembourg, Belgium and Italy and soon the European TGV-Est, whose 1st stretch will put Metz within 1,5 hours of Paris as well as making the interconnection with the German network much easier. 

'''Waterways''' : the Moselle canal part is linked to the North Sea via the river Rhine. The city attracts Europeans from within a radius of 300 km, all less than half a day away, which represents a market of 75 million people with high purchasing power.