Administrations and services Lorraine

Colibris is a European movement (Belgium and Switzerland) which is part of an ecological and human approach inspired by Pierre Rabhi. The local branch Colibris 54 aims to promote meetings, exchanges and mutual aid between its members and sympathizers around the preservation and respect of nature and through many initiatives, such as organic market gardening, participation in events in the Greater Nancy area, conferences, debates and workshops. An association that already gathers more than 800 members in Nancy alone!

Agoraé is a solidarity grocery store on social criteria set up by and for the students of Greater Nancy. Healthy and balanced foodstuffs are sold at very low prices, which is a godsend when you have to pay for your studies and rent, or even work to do so! Supported by the Fédélor (Student Federation of Lorraine), the structure also wishes to create social links and to become a civic incubator, in order to fight against isolation. The cafeteria, exhibitions, cooking classes and the "Ruche qui dit oui" (hive of activity) help to breathe life into the place.

This city magazine is mainly about trends, culture and lifestyle. It focuses on the stores in the area, the people who make the area live and vibrate, the local and national artists and all the events that deserve a spotlight. Ideal for discovering a new aspect of your city or region. The subjects are relevant, written by fine and humorous writers. It is available in nearly 400 distribution outlets and on its website. Discover also its alter-ego, Novo, a cultural bimonthly magazine from the Grand Est.

La Poudrière is a shared workspace dedicated to innovation and to entrepreneurs who want to get together in a friendly community. A subscription gives access to an office, meeting rooms and facilities, as well as relaxation areas with unlimited tea and coffee. The spirit of collaboration reigns supreme. Managed by members of the Co-working Nancy association, this place constantly sparks projects, reflection and knowledge-sharing around small events (apéro-web, café des entrepreneurs individuels...). Dare to try the concept and optimize your chances of success: the test is free and the welcome excellent..

APHEEN is an association that provides accommodation for students and teachers in Nancy. It is a great opportunity to find "bare" or furnished accommodation close to your place of study. Located in a student area, with shops and services close by and central, this residence has studios of 27 and 37 m² accessible to handicapped persons and apartments of 45^{m2 at} moderate prices. Shared apartments possible. Secure parking and residence, laundry and concierge available. APHEEN has been very successful and attracts many residents each year. For more information, visit the website.

This private technological and vocational high school (under contract with the French government) offers tertiary and electronics training (bac, BTS), including work-study programs. The school offers optimal conditions and high-quality teaching. A local speciality: students in sports, music and audiovisual sections, which earned the school a Sports Excellence label in 2014, proof of the quality of the soccer section, the pride of Alain Hénin, the school's general manager.

The CAF (Caisse d'allocations familiales) is a major player in the service of students, single people and families, for any request related to personal and professional life. For reintegration, children's rights or any other procedure, the CAF is at your side to assist you in your efforts. It offers a global service based on the individual and needs throughout life and is committed to improving its services and helping you on a daily basis.

Artem was born from the merger of three major schools: École nationale supérieure d'art et de design de Nancy, ICN Business School and Mines Nancy. Their matrix? The Nancy School. In 2012, Mines moved into this 85,000 square meter campus of excellence located in the Blandan-Haussonville district, followed by the École d'art in 2016 and ICN Business School in 2017 with the Institut Jean-Lamour. Nancy and its student life have benefited from the change, both in terms of architecture and urban planning and in terms of teaching, as a true center of innovation and creativity has been created.

The Conservatoire de Nancy offers excellent teaching in music, theater and choreography, as well as promoting artistic awakening for children under the best pedagogical conditions. The Conservatoire supports the talents of tomorrow, from initiation to professionalization, and is a hub of artistic and pedagogical activity for training, dissemination and creation, from local to national level - in short, a major venue for artistic education in Nancy.

The Metropole du Grand Nancy brings together 20 communes to work on a common project and a united territory. The community works on day-to-day projects and issues such as urban planning, social cohesion, leisure activities and scientific and technical culture, as well as green spaces, transport and roads. Examples include the Paddock for start-ups, Artem for teaching and research, Nancy-Thermal, the city's various museums and the botanical garden, which bring together culture, technology and science.

The Confrérie des compagnons de la capucine was founded in 1962. Its approximately 180 members are dressed in a red cape with yellow facings, wearing a red toque with a yellow rim and topped with a yellow pompom. They wear a yellow and red cord around their necks from which hangs the nasturtium, emblem of the Brotherhood. The chapter of the Confrérie des compagnons de la capucine de Toul takes place on the Saturday or Sunday closest to January 22nd each year.

The Paddock is a start-up support program in direct partnership with the Grand Nancy region. The name comes from the location, a former stable, as well as from the project's purpose: the Paddock is an incubation space for the best "racehorses", meaning the most innovative projects in the digital or sustainable economy. These projects benefit from a high-performance environment, surrounded by experts, financing professionals and investors to support and finance the take-off of these innovative companies.

Seeing life in the city and the region from a brighter side is the mission of this magazine, which in every issue features portraits of those who make the city more beautiful and more pleasant to live in, every day. This bimonthly magazine is structured around various sections: culture, sport, lifestyle, news, beauty... as you turn the pages, you'll find information, tips and 100% positive tips. Note that the magazine has also developed a 100% Vosges version, available online. A must-read to get your day off to a flying start!

The Domaine de l'Asnée is part of a magnificent 18th century castle of gothic inspiration, by the same architect as the Saint-Epvre basilica. The place also houses a huge Art Deco style seminar, an unusual setting for your events. In this place, rooms are available for rent, with very well equipped infrastructures for congresses and conferences. In addition, there is a catering and accommodation service on site, which is not negligible. In addition to its architectural charm, the adaptability of this domain makes it ideal for all circumstances!

The 3F - Grand Est agency, which belongs to the French group of the same name, manages more than 4,000 social housing units, mostly in the Lorraine region, including student residences. In Nancy, the social landlord helps individuals (under certain conditions) to find housing that meets their expectations, without agency fees or application fees, with rent payable in arrears (at the beginning of the following month), a security deposit limited to one month and housing eligible for APL. Rental of apartments and parking lots or for future owners.

You may need, one day or another, an ambulance transport, for yourself or for a loved one. The teams of Ambulances du Soleil in Saulxures-lès-Nancy are at your service 7 days a week and 24 hours a day for a seated or lying down transport, on any distance. Ambulances du Soleil offers you a quality service with qualified, certified, serious and reactive ambulance drivers, 12 ambulances, 6 light medical vehicles (VSL) and 4 cabs, as well as the latest generation equipment, all of which can be used to meet specific needs, emergencies or repatriations. In short, an accompaniment and a competent team on which you can count with complete confidence.

This business services centre located near Nancy proposes to be an adjuvant to ensure the day-to-day operation of companies: domiciliation, secretarial services, equipped offices, telephone reception, coworking…

Ideal for keeping up to date on cultural events, this magazine lists the highlights and events to come to Dijon but also in Burgundy and Franche-Comté. Exhibitions, theatre, concerts, cultural events, conferences, festivals… Shows tell us everything about everything and give an overview of every programming, musical output or film. This monthly magazine is available free of charge in all cultural places and in many shops. You can also visit its website: You will find other topics dedicated to beauty, well-being and practical information. Shows is a true Bible for culture lovers.

Longwy is a welcoming town for newcomers, thanks to the AVF Longwy cultural association. This association is part of the Union nationale des Accueils des Villes Françaises and aims to welcome and inform people newly settled in Longwy. The AVF organizes a variety of events to help new residents settle into their new surroundings.

AVF Nancy is an association. It offers a warm welcome to newcomers to the city and to residents of the metropolitan area who are looking for a dynamic, friendly association. Interested parties can visit the association to find out more about its activities. AVF Nancy is located near the Cathedral in downtown Nancy.

The chic setting of the famous abbey features large rooms as well as several lounges. It is advisable to hold more than one year in advance. Rentals include catering (exclusive on site) with organization of cocktail and meal. For a marriage, families are free to choose facilitators or djs.

"Because no one should be forced to live on the street, the Restos have made the fight against exclusion a priority For 30 years, this association created by Coluche has been providing food distribution to people in need on a local scale. Reception, advice and guidance, personal assistance, help with homework and literacy, cooking workshops and health prevention are also on the program. The association is constantly looking for volunteers (nearly 925 in Meurthe-et-Moselle). More than one million meals have already been distributed!

For more than 70 years, Secours Catholique's mission has been "to spread Christian charity through the implementation of concrete solidarity between all". To achieve this, the association relies on its volunteers and acts with public opinion and political leaders so that problems related to poverty find effective and sustainable solutions. More than 600 volunteers in Meurthe-et-Moselle organize individual support actions, foreign language workshops, solidarity stores, reception areas and teams in the field.

The Wall Street team members know how to put themselves in the shoes of students, whether they are young adults or seniors, beginners or advanced, to ensure that their course is a success. Courses are delivered digitally, using a CD. However, regular meetings with native English-speaking teachers are held to review progress and prepare students for the TOEIC exam. France's leading provider of English language courses for all guarantees an effective, interactive learning method, including special themed mornings and evenings. In short, it's a great way to gradually bring yourself up to speed, so that you're no longer held back by the language barrier, whether at home or at work. Wall Street Nancy also offers CPF-eligible training courses.

Studying here means discovering the French language at the heart of the University of Lorraine and benefiting from its infrastructure. Le DéFle enables foreign students in residence in the city to learn and/or perfect their French, while discovering the culture of our country. Registration is preceded by a language test. Courses are offered on a semester or yearly basis, for twenty hours a week, or à la carte, depending on individual objectives. For intra-European Erasmus students, these lessons are free of charge.

Pigier Performance is a network of 45 schools of communication, management, business, human resources and medical secretarial studies. Courses (continuing or alternating), up to 5 years of higher education, lead to a diploma and a certified title (BTS, Bachelors or MBA). In Nancy, the historic 1,000^m2 premises on the Cours Léopold are home to some 40 qualified instructors and trainers who demonstrate their pedagogical skills, supervision and know-how, all of which are crucial to obtaining very good exam results and a 78% professional integration rate.

Cours Charlemagne enables students to progress and acquire good working methods: home lessons for a personalized approach, intensive group courses to consolidate the basics, fill in the gaps or prepare for an exam, methodological school coaching (organization and autonomy) or orientation for a future project, excellence courses to stimulate and give material to the best students, distance learning... The testimonies of former students are not lacking to praise the pedagogy and the efficiency of our services!

For a justice at the service of all, this device set up by the Ministry of Justice and Freedoms and the local authorities is a place of information for the general public: progress of the procedures at the industrial tribunal, family law, tenants' rights, civil disputes, French nationality, civil partnership, legal aid. Victims' aid associations, lawyers, rights advocates and court clerks are there to provide free information and advice.

This organization, located in Grand Nancy, is a merger of the Maison de l'habitat and the Maison de la propreté. It works on sustainable development, housing, renovation and energy saving issues, as well as cleanliness, waste, composting, graffiti, and "stop pub". A relay between the community and the inhabitant to listen, inform, raise awareness and prevent. Each quarter, events are organized on all these themes, to be consulted on the site.

Born from a public-private partnership, the Initiative Grand Nancy association aims to help business creators in the Nancy agglomeration through interest-free loans without guarantees, advice from a senior company manager and sponsorship. In addition to bank financing, it supports the launch of very small businesses, thereby helping to create local jobs. It welcomes all types of projects (between 0 and 3 years of activity) other than financial or real estate projects and has an intervention fund of approximately 1,300,000 euros.

This school prepares for the patent of colleges, the CAP of agriculture and the CAP of flowers, the BEP of agriculture, professional patents, professional bachelor's degrees and others of technical order, BTS, master's and licence patents… It is open to young people under 16, to apprentices between the ages of 16 and 18. The school buildings are located in a landscaped park and are close to the horticultural operation. Students are interested in the construction and landscaping, horticultural production - floral, vegetable, fruit, nursery - and horticultural trade - gardening, fleuristerie and sale of small animals.

The Tunon International School is present in over 15 cities in France. In Nancy, the school trains students for careers in events management, tourism and the hotel industry, up to bac + 5. The prerequisites for admission are a baccalaureate, a good grounding in English and a good general knowledge. During their studies, students are offered internships, trips, visits and conferences to learn the ropes of their future profession.

Since 1997, the Maison des Compagnons du Devoir in Jarville has been training young people free of charge in manual trades: construction (cabinetmaker, carpenter, joiner, etc.), metals (locksmith, wrought iron worker, etc.) and stone. CAP, bac pro, BTS, the training courses, including work-study, are numerous. Accommodation, meals and tools are paid for by the apprentices, who are paid by their company at least 50% of the minimum wage. The center is made up of administrative offices, classrooms, a library, workshops and living spaces with a capacity of 75 apprentices.

Need a medical consultation outside of your doctor's opening hours? Often, whether you live in the city or are just passing through, you don't always know where to go... Head for Le 31 Lionnois (formerly Les Bains Douches), newly located on the CHRU site in Brabois. Open every evening from 8pm until midnight and on weekends. Every day, two general practitioners are there to welcome you. Although very practical, this service does not dispense with a real follow-up with your doctor who you will have to see again later. As consultations are without appointment, you will sometimes have to wait your turn.

A network of general practitioners, SOS Médecins handles medical consultations without vital emergencies. For home visits, the wait can be long because appointments are prioritised according to the urgency of the case. On the phone, the medical team is very professional, attentive and accustomed to emergencies and will be able to advise and even reassure you... For vital emergencies, it is preferable to contact the SAMU, which is more suitable. In case of doubt, when explaining the symptoms you will automatically be directed to the right service. It is preferable to give preference to your doctor during his consultation hours so as not to saturate the emergency services.

In collaboration with the ARS (Accueil et Réinsertion Sociale), the SAMU social intervenes on request and makes rounds to help people in a very vulnerable situation in order to direct them to shelters. In winter, the teams are reinforced in order to help as many people as possible. If you are or if you see someone in great difficulty and in need of immediate assistance, call 115 without delay. Each call is analyzed and if possible places are found in a reception center or a care center according to the needs. The ARS and the various affiliated associations do a remarkable job.

Referencing and documenting products likely to be the cause of intoxication and identifying all drugs are the two missions of the Poison Control and Toxicovigilance Center of the Nancy CHRU. This is a true reference center among the nine existing in France. In addition to its research role, the center is on call 24 hours a day to provide information and assess the risks of products to which you have been exposed. In case of a life-threatening emergency, dial 15. The anti-poison center will advise you on what to do.

The Greta are structures of the French National Education system that organize training for adults by pooling skills, resources and means for training adapted to local needs. People come to the Greta to follow a training course or a general or professional module, to prepare for a diploma, to upgrade their skills for a competitive examination, to take a skills assessment or to retrain. Greta de Nancy offers training in a wide range of sectors: computer science, industry, construction, social work, hotel management, commerce, administration, accounting and management.

The Federal Union of Consumers, the first consumerist movement in France, informs on the rights of consumers, the regulations in force and the evolution of the market. It represents them with the public authorities, is interested in the laws and new treaties that regulate trade. It also underlines and controls the quality of imported and exported products and tries to settle disputes between customers and professionals. It is a voluntary organization with weekly meetings. A useful actor to know more about what we buy.

" The Centre Communal d'Action Sociale (CCAS) runs a general prevention and social development program in the commune, working closely with public and private institutions ...". A public administrative body attached to the municipality, the CCAS works with people in precarious situations, welcomes children in collective or family structures, and develops and consolidates structures for senior citizens. The City of Nancy, which has been awarded the "Child-Friendly City" label, is committed to welcoming children from different backgrounds.

The mini-golf has offered a relookage and offers a guaranteed change in the greenery of the Hague forest. The 18 holes are divided into trees, lawns and flower beds on 4 000 m 2 surface. It's great, refreshing, ideal for Sunday walks, for holidays and especially for family outings. In addition, for this kind of game, no need to be experienced for really fun.