The INBP is in the town of Rouen, which is the capital of Normandy (a region in the North of France).

Rouen is 120 km away from Paris.

As Rouen is fairly near to the sea, the climate is humid and temperate.

Rouen and its suburbs have about 400,000 inhabitants, who are known as "Rouennais".

Rouen has a very beautiful town centre. It has many impressive monuments, old wooden-beamed buildings and a lot of churches.

The famous river Seine (the same river which crosses Paris) flows through the town.

Rouen attracts many foreign tourists.