SCHOOL

School SAINT REMI

1. name of the director	Mrs Lizeux
2. number of students	1403
3. number of teachers	128
4. number of classrooms	70
5. number of computers	350

6. timetable of the class
	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
08.00 08.55		Communi -cation	Communi -cation	Accountancy	French
08.55 09.50	English	Accountancy	Communi -cation	English	French
	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
10.05 11.00	Professionnal & Social Life	Accountancy	History Geography	Communi -cation	Sports
11.00 11.55	Accountancy	Communi -cation	Social Education	French	Sports
	Break	Break	Break	Break	Break
12.15 13.10	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
13.10 14.05	Maths	Economy Law		Maths	History Geography
14.05 15.00	Spanish	Communi -cation		Economy Law	Spanish
	Break	Break		Break	Break
15.15 16.10	Maths	Exam		Accountancy	Accountancy
16.10 17.05	Arts	Communi -cation		Accountancy	Accountancy

7. dates of the school holidays
All Saints holidays	From Saturday 25th October until Thursday 6th November
Christmas/New Year holidays	From Saturday 20th December 2008 until Monday 5th January 2009
Winter holidays	From Saturday 21st February until Monday 9th March
Easter holidays	From Saturday 18th April until Monday 4th May
Summer holidays	From Thursday 2nd July until Wednesday 2nd September

Jacqueline, Justine, Mathilde, Myriam, Soraya, Morgane

CITY

AMIENS

1. surface	49.46 km2
2. number of inhabitants	135,501 inhabitants in 1999
3. population density	2740/km2 in 1999
4. What are the “hortillonages” and their surface	300 hectares of Floating Gardens
5. name of the principal river	The Somme
6. the cathedral:
its surface	7700 m2
its height	112,7 m
its length	145 m
years of construction	From 1220 until 1269 (the towers were built from 1366 until the 15th century)
7. name of a famous writer who lived in Amiens	Jules Verne
8. number of museums	4: Museum of Picardie, Museum of the Hotel de Berny, House of Jules Verne, archaeological gardens of Saint-Acheul
9. number of cinemas	3
10. number of swimming-pools	3

Tiffany, Manon, Gaëlle, Laura, Madalena, Lucie, Diane, Lola, Cindy

REGION

The Region PICARDIE and the Department SOMME

REGION PICARDIE
1. surface of the region	19,399 km2
2. number of inhabitants	1 890 000 inhabitants in 2007

3. border regions, country and sea	Border regions: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Champagne-Ardennes Border country : Belgium Sea : the English Channel
4. number of historical castles in the region	32 castles (9 castles in Somme, 11 in Aisne and 12 inOise)
5. production of the regions	- 1st region for: frozen and canned vegetables, ready meals, beetroot, sugar, potato starch, metal working, ironmongery and valve fittings; - 2nd region for glass making, cosmetics products, bar-turning, farm implements and wheat; - 3rd region for rubber, plastics processing and agricultural machinery
6. number and names of the departments	3 departments: Aisne, Oise, Somme
DEPARTMENT SOMME
7. surface of the department	6170 km2
8. number of inhabitants	555 551 inhabitants in 1999
9. population density	90/km2 in 1999

Mahélie, Samantha, Pauline, Anaïs, Emilie, Karine, Barbara, Christina, Valentine

COUNTRY

- F R A N C E -

1. surface of the country	640 053 km2
2. name of border countries and seas	Border countries: Andorra, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Spain, Switzerland Seas: the English Channel, the North Sea,the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean sea
3. number of inhabitants	62 150 775 in July 2008
4. population density	114/km2 in 2008
5. number of regions	22 metropolitan regions and 4 overseas regions
6. height of the highest mountain	The Mont Blanc: 4 810 m
7. percentage of urban population	77%
8. name of the capital	Paris
9. number of inhabitants in the capital	2 167 994 in 2006
10. number of inhabitants in the parisian area	9 644 507 in 1999
11. currency used	The Euro

Marion, Jessica, Cindy, Elodie, Priscillia, Fatiha , Auréline , Chloé