French e-practical guide

• Administration
• Automobile
• Entertainment
• Family

• Health
• Housing
• Practical Life
• Taxes

• Telephony / Internet
• Tourism in France
• Transport
• Work

• Administration

  Contact an embassy or a foreign consulate in France

  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs (site in French)

  Everything you need to know about residency and the hosting of new immigrants to France

  • ANAEM (site in English)

  Discover the French public services

  • Adèle – French administration portal (site in French)
  • Request French nationality (site in French)

• Automobile

  Request a certificate of your vehicle’s administrative status

  • Ministry of the Interior, Internal Security and Local Freedoms (site in French)

  Pay online or dispute an automated radar speed-trap fine

  • Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry (site in French)

• Entertainment

  The guide for events and leisure activities in France: restaurants, cinema, bars, hotels, nightclubs, concerts, shows, events, meetings

  • Cityvox (site in English)

  Find out all the latest movie news, cinema information, what films are playing and film times throughout France

  • Allociné (site in French)

  Book your tickets online for shows and concerts anywhere in France

  • Topticketline (site in English)

  Discover French architectural heritage in miniature in a 5-hectare park: practical information, times, ticket office

  • France Miniature (site in English)

  Discover the famous Parisian wax museum: practical information, times, ticket office

  • Grevin (site in English)

  Develop your photos online

  • Photobox (site in English)

  Routes, maps, tourist guides, hotel reservations throughout Europe

  • Viamichelin (site in English)

• Family

  Benefit from financial assistance to help you with everyday family expenses (education, childminding, housing, leisure activities)

  • CNAF (site in French)

  Balance professional life and family life with financial assistance for childminding

  • URSSAF – Centre Pajemploi (site in French)

• Health

  Request the European health insurance card

  • National health insurance fund for salaried workers (CNAMTS) (site in French)

  Everything you need to know about health insurance in France

  • Getting informed about Health Insurance (site in English)

• Housing

  Notify the authorities of your change of address quickly and conveniently

  • Department for the Modernisation of the State (DGME) (site in French)

  Everything you need to know about energy supplies (electricity, natural gas, etc.) in France

  • EDF (site in English)
  • GDF-SUEZ (site in English)

  For everything you need to know about renting or buying a house or apartment in France

  • Se loger (site in French)

  Find your international movers

  • Compare International Movers (site in English)

  Fashion, beauty, art of entertaining, furnishing and decorating … discover the Printemps department stores

  • Printemps (site in English)

  The art of entertaining, furnishing and decorating … discover the products of the chain of Habitat shops

  • Habitat (site in French)

• Practical Life

  Find addresses and telephone numbers

  • Yellow Pages (businesses) (site in French)
  • White Pages (residential) (site in French)

  Weather forecast for France

  • Météo France (site in French)

  Find your nearest French language classes

  • Français Langue Etrangère (site in English)

  Find the Monoprix grocery store nearest to where you live

  • Monoprix (site in French)

• Taxes

  Declare your income and consult your tax file

  • Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry (site in French)

  Pay and set up monthly instalments of your income tax

  • Ministry of the Economy, Finances and Industry (site in French)

• Telephony / Internet

  Find out about SFR mobile telephony offers and plans

  • SFR (site in English)

• Tourism in France

  The official site for tourism in France

  • Maison de la France (accessible in several languages)

• Transport

  Travel around Paris by métro, bus and RER

  • RATP (English version accessible on the site)

  Travel by train: book and buy tickets, consult timetables, etc.

  • SNCF (site in French)

  Travel by plane: book and buy tickets

  • Air France KLM (site in English)

  Easily book your car rental anywhere in Europe

  • Auto Europe (site in French)

  Reserve a taxi online throughout Ile de France (Paris and the surrounding suburbs)

  • Taxis Bleu (site in English)

  Get around the following cities by bicycle with the self-services bike rental available 24/7.

  • Paris, Vélib’ (site in English)
  • Lyon, Vélo’v (site in English)
  • Nantes, Bicloo (site in French)
  • Aix-en-Provence, Vhello (site in French)
  • Mulhouse, Vélocité (site in French)
  • Besançon, Vélocité (site in French)
  • Marseille Provence Métropole, Le Vélo (site in French)
  • Toulouse, Vélô (site in French)
  • Rouen, Cyclic (site in French)
  • Amiens, Velam (site in French)
  • Grand Nancy, Vélostan (site in French)
  • Cergy Pontoise, Vélo2 (site in French)

• Work

  Everything you need to know about setting up a business in France

  • Agency for Business Creation (site in English)

  Look for job adverts

  • National Employment Agency (site in French)

  Online services for jobseekers

  • ASSEDIC (site in French)

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