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Useful
General information about living in the Mayenne
In English
- French Entrée – a magazine covering the Pays de la Loire
- Angloinfo, the local version of the world wide expat website.
- Lost in France covers the whole country, but the Mayenne is highlighted here
In French
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House of Europe, with an office in Laval
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Going out – bars, restaurants, cinemas etc.
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Car sharing (reasonably easy to understand)
- “What’s On” in the department
- Local government website
- Listen to local radio on line
- Art exhibitions in Ernée
Living in France
- Follow £/€ (and other) exchange rates
- The current price of heating fuel in this region
- Local weather forecast
- Three dictionaries for translations. Dictionary 1 is good for words, and dictionary 2 which is good at giving words in context. And here is a third one to try “Bab.la”
- Yellow pages on-line business phone book
- French civil service website in English
- Shopping as in an English supermarket
- EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS including out-of-hours doctors
- If you are in really dire straights financially – a Paris based charity is there to help.
Tourism
- Laval tourist office
- Mayenne town and surroundings tourist office
- Mayenne department tourist office
- Tourism in the whole of the Pays de la Loire
EuroMayenne members offering goods or services
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Gardening – Derek Jones 02 43 00 10 92 derek.jones@orange.fr
- Bible study – Stuart HANDLEY 02.43.08.01.57 brenandstuhandley@orange.fr
- Watercolour painting – Marja Bras 02 43 98 13 31 marjabras@gmail.com. See also webpage.
- Pensions and investments – John Owens 02 43 06 25 42 and 06 71 55 62 20 john.owens@continentalwealth.com . See his web site for more information.
- Confidential Counselling & Psychotherapy. Julie Askew 06 37 85 15 45. Julie.Askew@hofstra.edu . See her website www.drjules.com for more information.
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Fun [ones with an * need the sound to be turned on ]
- Extraordinary 9 year old singer
- Quiz of your geographical knowledge of France
- Bach with a lot of drinks *
- Test your speed of reaction *
- Everything that’s going on in the world, and counting.
- The Sistine Chapel ; move your cursor to move the camera. *
- “Winnie the Pooh” according to a young French girl. *
- A catchy French tune * [Click on “Show more” for the words]
- French cats *