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SELF ORIENTATION PROGRAMME FRENCH CULTURE AND CILVILSATION

Anne Favier-Townsend

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And the SELF

orientation programme!


ThursdayThe Rhne-Alpes region and LyonCultural calendar month by month

FridayIntroduction to the Arts in France

TuesdayTest

ALL MOBILE PHONES ON SILENT, PLEASE!



Born, brought up and educatedin Lyon

30 years as a university lecturer

in the UK

Have travelled to many countries


Make the most ofyour semester

in Lyon/the Rhne-Alpes region!Lyon Rhne-Alpes

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Scenery

Climate

Culture/the arts

Food and wine


3 times the size of England

but

smaller than Texas

Exceptional variety of landscapes

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Very attractive city

Set in a beautiful region of contrasts

Large university town

Lots to see and do


In economic termsLyon has the same weight in Europe as:

Hamburg (Germany)

Dsseldorf (Germany)

Frankfurt (Germany)

Dublin (Capital of Ireland)

Zurich (Switzerland)

Copenhagen (Capital of Denmark)


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Comparative cost of

living

in the following cities

Indice de cot*

Average = 100

New York 112,6

Frankfurt 109,7

London 109,1

Yokohama 108,3

Boston 107,8

Philadelphia 102,8

Paris 100,2

Manchester 101,1

Florence 99,3

Turin 98,4

Amsterdam 96,6

Toronto 96,5

Lyon 95,1

Montral 94,3

Nantes 93,6

Montpellier 92,6

Singapore 77,7

Indice de cot*

Average = 100

Visiting LyonMain tourist Office: PlaceBellecour

Grand Tour bus: 16 Euros for theday or 19 euros for two days (Hop

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View fromFourvireHill

Restaurant

de Fourvire

04 78 25 21 15


The banksof theRhne

FromGerland toParc de laTte dOr


Velov

Free for 30minutes

1 Euro per

hour afterthat



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Great Location



http://www.theodora.com/wfb/france_geography.html


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Rhne-Alpes



Rhne- Alpes

The Rhne is a river

The Alps are a mountain range

The Rhne-Alpes region is a region ofrivers, lakes and mountains

Its inhabitants are called Les Rhne-Alpins

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12 national parks in Rhne-Alpes


Le Rhne(69) LAin (01)

La Loire(42) La Drme (26)

LIsre (38) La Savoie (73)La Haute Savoie(74) LArdche (07)

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Population by departement Rhne : 2 169 655 inhabitants

Isre : 1 169 491 inhabitants

Loire : 741 269 inhabitants

Haute-Savoie : 696 255 inhabitants

Ain : 566 740 inhabitants

Drme : 468 608 inhabitants

Savoie : 403 090 inhabitants

Ardche : 306 185 inhabitants


Main Cities/connurbations

RHNE: LYON AREA (1.6 million inhabitants)

ISRE: GRENOBLE AREA (531,000 inhabitans)

LOIRE: ST ETIENNE AREA (320,00 inhabitants) DRME: VALENCE AREA (167,000 inhabitants)

SAVOIE: CHAMBERY AREA ( 131,000 inhabitants)

HAUTE SAVOIE: ANNECY AREA (189,000 inhabitants)

AIN: BOURG EN BRESSE AREA (101,000 inhabitants)

ARDECHE: PRIVAS AREA (50,000 inhabitants)


URBAN AREAS



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Rhone Alpes region2nd region in France in terms of size,

economy and population

Accounts for 10% of all Frances populationand economic assets

2nd region in France in terms of tourismrevenue many sporting, leisure and culturalactivities (one of the largest skiing areas in teworld)



At the heart of EuropeLink between Northern and Southern Europe

Very good access to Eastern Europe

Excellent transport links by road, rail and air

Very dynamic - over 160,000 new businessescreated since 2006

Very young region: 230,000 students

One of the highest birth rates in the EU

High standard/fairly low cost of living



Rhne- Alpes - Economic assets 1st region in Europe for production of energy: electricity,

solar and nuclear energies

All Departments in region: Tourism/leisure activities, (wintertourism = white gold), construction and constructionmaterials, wood and paper industries, transport and logistics

RHNE:Pharmaceuticals and health related products,textiles , bio-technology, chemistry, plastic materials, motor

car industry, wine, meat products, childrens prepared foods,organic foods, transformation of raw materials, high Techhardware/software, jewellery, leather products, electronics,sport and leisure activities products, management/financialconsulting,



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Rhne- Alpes - Economic assets ISRE: nuclear energy, solar energy , chemistry,

electronics, bio-technology, high Techhardware/software, pharmaceuticals and healthrelated products, textiles, transformation of rawmaterials, dairy and meat products, walnuts, motorcar industry, sport and leisure activities products,management/financial consulting

LOIRE: 1st in region for food products (milk anddairy products, chocolate and mineral water),chemistry, textiles


Rhne- Alpes - Economic assets Ain: Meat products and especially chickens (Poulets de

Bresse the best in the world?), motor car industry,nuclear energy, plastic materials

HAUTE SAVOIE: electronics, sport and leisure activitiesproducts, management/financial consulting,transformation of raw materials

DRME: Fruit, cheeses and wine, leather products,nuclear energy

ARDECHE:Fruit (especially chestnuts) and cheeses,jewellery, leather products, nuclear energy

SAVOIE: Milk products, wine, leather products, solarenergy


Camembert, Brie, Roquefort,+ another 361 sorts

Many of which come from theRhne-Alpes region

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French winesBordeaux (Claret)

Bourgogne(Burgundyincluding

Beaujolais)Champagne,

Alsace, Provence,

Rhne, Jura,Savoie



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Rhone-Alpes

A great place to live!


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