• Community life
• Consulates
• Improving your ability to speak French
• Relgious services in foreign languages

Community life

A detailed list of associations is available in the anthology published by La Maison des Associations, a body which provides these associations with services and the public with information.

The CIJA (Centre d'Information Jeunesse Alsace) (Youth Information Centre Alsace) is a mine of information on daily life (community life, studies, leisure activities, culture, travel) for the young and not so young.

The association AVF Strasbourg Accueil helps people newly arrived in Strasbourg and encourages their integration through the meetings and various activities it offers (tours of Strasbourg, walks in the Vosges, an afternoon cycling or rollerblading, camping…).

The Amicale Femmes of the Council of Europe is a meeting place for women working at the Council of Europe and wives of Council of Europe employees. This association is also open to people who have no connection with the Council (co-opted by two members of the amicale). It organises various kinds of activity and leisure of a cultural or sporting nature aimed at parents and children (days out, visits to museums, permanent activities).

To find out more :

Maison des Associations
1A place des Orphelins
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 25 19 39
http://www.mdas.org

CIJA
Centre d'Information Jeunesse Alsace
7 rue des Ecrivains
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 37 33 33
http://www.cija.orgA few examples of associations :

• Strasbourg AVF Accueil
• Amicale des Femmes of the Council of Europe
• English Speaking Community
• Association Culturelle Portugaise de Strasbourg (Portuguese Cultural Association of Strasbourg)
• Cercle d'Amitié Franco-Hellénique (Franco-Hellenic Circle of Friends)
• Mouvement Chrétien des Travailleurs Italiens (Christian
  Movement for Italian Workers)
• Société Goethe de France (French Goethe Society
• Association Alsace Etats-Unis (Alsace United States Association)
• Americans in Alsace
• Association Alsace Canada
• Association Amitié Strasbourg-Japon (Strasbourg Japan Friendship Association)
• Polonais en Alsace (Poles in Alsace)

(Non-exhaustive) list and contact details of cultural and social associations in Strasbourg
ListeAccueilCulturelle.pdf (23 ko)

Consulates

A number of countries have Consular representation, or even a Consulate General, in Strasbourg. They often propose leisure and cultural activities as well as databases on associations for their nationals.

Improving your ability to speak French

If you wish to improve your knowledge of the French language, a number of private institutions can satisfy your needs. It is also possible to contact public structures :

Alliance Française de Strasbourg
Teaching of French as a Foreign Language
12 rue du Général Gouraud
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 75 62 55

Conversation group every Wednesday from 6 p.m. to 7.30 p.m.
At the European circle,
1 rue Massenet
Tel : +33 (0)8 66 61 26 59
http://www.alliance-francaise-strasbourg.fr

Institut International d'Etudes Françaises (International Institute of French Studies)
(Université Marc Bloch)
22 rue René Descartes
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 41 59 50
Fax : +33 (0)3 88 41 59 60
http://u2.u-strasbg.fr/iief

Université Populaire Européenne (European Popular University)
(Registration in September for annual courses or in spring for intensive summer school courses)
9 place de l'Université
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 36 32 10
http://www.u-populaire-europeenne.com

CIEL (Centre International d'Etudes de Langues) (International Centre for the Study of Languages)
Pôle Formation CCI
234 avenue de Colmar
Tel : +33 (0)3 88 43 08 30
Fax : +33 (0)3 88 43 08 35
http://www.ciel-strasbourg.org

Religious services in a foreign language

Occasionally followed by drinks or a meal, these religious services may also enable you to meet people of your own nationality and have a conversation in your mother tongue. A list of religious services in Strasbourg and the surrounding area (including services in German) is given in the Friday edition of Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace.