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Since 1934, the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR) has been in charge of the concession of the Rhone River for its development and improvement. Three missions are developed within this framework: electricity production, navigation and irrigation of agricultural land. The waterways allow you to discover an exceptional natural heritage. From Lyon to the sea, there are 330 km of waterways open to you thanks to 14 locks managed by CNR. Passing through the locks is free of charge, but boaters must pay VNF for a "vignette de plaisance fluviale".

Managed by the Bouches-du-Rhône County Council, the Maison Départementale de la Jeunesse et des Sports is an essential address for all information on sport in the Bouches-du-Rhône (information on leisure activities, information on sports professions, support for association project leaders, etc.). It is a centre of welcome and expression between the Department, young people, their parents and the entire associative and sporting movement. You will find in this place 1 000 ^{m2 of} connected space as well as teams at your disposal

This is where all files in connection with your naturalization applications or residence cards can be filed. Applications for driving licenses and gray cards can be made online and are no longer made in prefecture. For any information, the telephone line will follow up. Go with great patience, because the wait is long and the slots restricted (only 3:30 a. m. in the morning…). Take a novel or work with you! Be sure to present yourself with all the documentation necessary to avoid waiting for nothing. For Internet users, votre-carte-grise.com, certified by the Ministry of the Interior, for the establishment of the certificate of registration (ex-gray card) allows you to make all online representations and receive the document quickly at home (paid service). For the other steps proposed, visit www.bouches-du-rhone.gouv.fr which provides a lot of information!

Combine the 71 regional leagues and committees, ensure the coherence of the regional sports movement, contribute to the defence and development of regional sports heritage, promote permanent monitoring of the sports population and ensure information on the prevention and control of doping, participate actively in the distribution of state appropriations, and promote and develop the Olympic spirit. These are the objectives of the CROS, which have also been strongly mobilised during the 2012 OJ.

This aid scheme was created by Law Besson of 1990 and attached to the Department of the Rhône in 2005. It can fall into several aspects: grants or loans to access housing, surety and guarantee or financial assistance to fill debts and various unpaid debts. Owners of occupants, tenants and sub-lessees can benefit under the conditions of resource after completing a complete dossier with the assistance of a social correspondent (e. g. social assistant). This file is available from the Maison du Rhône or the General Council. The department places an important place on housing for all. That is why in 2010 the budget allocated to this aid was around EUR 5.9 million, of which EUR 1.5 million was earmarked for access to housing. 2 000 grants and 2 500 guarantees were granted in the same year.

The Lyon metropolis is innovative in more ways than one. Created in 2015, it brings together 59 municipalities, nearly 1.4 million inhabitants, in a local authority with the same powers as a department. To find out all about the actions of the Metropolis, you can follow all its news on the very complete website of the Met', the magazine of the Metropolis of Lyon, and on the website of Greater Lyon to find all the services and emergency measures taken in the face of the crisis. A Metropolis of which all Lyonnais are proud.

The building that houses the archives is both functional and environmentally friendly. Thus its vast courtyard and the enclosed public garden. On 7 levels, 70 kilometres of shelving carry endless linear pieces of books and documents. The departmental archives, where the essential memory of the territory is found, doubles from a lending service. The reading room, designed for on-site consultation, makes it possible to query databases, consult the digitized archives. Thanks to the interactive terminals that are needed today, we can and must book online documents. The fund, formed in part from the old municipal archives until 1790, dates back to medieval times and enters the digital age. Also searchable, the archives of 66 communes of Bouches-du-Rhône, notaries, the civil status, hospital and private archives. Regularly, thematic exhibitions are organized as well as eco-citizens forums.

Decentralised institution with broad competences in the service of the community, PACA region works for the economic development and the development of a large territory (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur), ensuring on infrastructures, roads, railways, but also on the environment of the departments it deals with (Bouches-du-Rhône, Var, Vaucluse, Alpes-de-Haute Provence, Haute Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes). Health and social protection, the autonomy of people, the home assistance of the sick, cultural promotion and scientific research are also part of its prerogatives, as is youth (construction and rehabilitation of high schools), vocational training, learning… In the field of collective travel, the Regional Council puts in place means of transmodaux transport to facilitate connections without cars (train, tram, bus, velo). For more information, please visit the website!

The regional committee will know about the various underwater disciplines such as diving diving, scuba diving, underground diving, swimming with palms, underwater hockey, deep water swimming, underwater fishing and a target in swimming pool. Emanation of the national FFESSM (whose seat is also in Marseille), it is able to provide you with an even more focused answer to your requests concerning the world of diving. Note that Marseilles regularly hosts the world underwater Image festival under the aegis of the FFESSM.

If you are an individual, you can't do anything for you, except to guide you in a kind way, which is not so bad already. On the other hand, this service deals with the provision of associations, sports infrastructure (everything except stands) and logistical equipment of all kinds: tags, straw boots… in official demonstrations. This year, there is a lot of talk about the future grand stadium and the reception of the Europe Football Cup for 2016, but do you rest on a multitude of other sports in the city marseille, not?

This sport includes different sections of amateur, professional, educational and feminine boxing. If you encounter amateur and professional competitions, only amateurs are allowed to fight at the Olympic Games. For a practice of noble art in good conditions, the English Boxing Committee of Bouches-du-Rhône will tell you the appropriate club near you. From Richard Caramanolis to Mehdi Sahnoune by Gracien Tona, English boxing has always stirred crowds in the cité city. Professional boxing is divided mainly between four competing federations: WBA, WBCS, WBO, IBF.

If you feel the soul of Joachim Noah or Tony Parker, but you still don't know where to show your address to the shoot or your phenomenal relaxation, go to the committee, and you will get all the information about clubs, courses or matches taking place within the department. But tell me, do you know that basketball was invented in 1891 by James Naismith, a Canadian physical education teacher at the Springfield college in Massachusetts state in the USA? He sought to occupy his students between football and baseball seasons during the winter, during which the practice of outdoor sport was difficult. The success of this sport was immediate even if the score of the first official part resulted in a pitiful 1 to 0. Today, basketball is a major sport and world stars are real icons.

The Marseille Service de Santé des Gens de Mer (SSGM) is a preventive medicine service that looks after the health and medical fitness of professional seafarers in the fishing and trade sectors. It is headed by a doctor from the Direction Générale des Affaires Maritimes (DGAMPA), and acts as liaison between the DGAMPA, the Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées (DCSSA) and the ENIM. Another doctor is in charge of the maritime occupational health and safety office, responsible for regulatory developments and drawing up the annual report on occupational accidents and diseases in the maritime environment. At regional level, twenty doctors, accompanied by nurses, are distributed along the coast in the deconcentrated maritime affairs departments. They provide consultations at 48 consultation points, covering a more or less extensive area depending on the number of seafarers and the distances involved. Temporary doctors are also on call at affaires maritimes offices in outlying areas such as Bastia, Ajaccio and Ciboure. Agreements have also been signed with occupational medicine departments and doctors in practice in the French overseas departments and territories.

For once, the visa is issued quickly at Deir ez-Zor (30 minutes). Take advantage of it. To avoid wasting time, contact the first desktop on the right. Beware, provide identity photos.

No need to go to this address (which unfortunately does not have a specific reception) but, on simple call (also via the Internet or mail), all the desired documentation is shipped to you. Heritage, history, gastronomy, local products, events, sports, leisure, accommodation, catering, etc. are all available and kept up to date. Thematic circuits are organized (afternoon in Beaujolais, small tourist train, silk course in Lyon, etc.) to discover the four countries of the department: Grand Lyon, Lyon, Beaujolais Pays and Pilat Rhone.

Made available to athletes by the city, it offers visits (free for lyon associations) to the practice of a sport, as well as specialized visits for top sportsmen.

Sports, practice and training, internships, contests, Bafa, Bess, state patents, small ads, documentation, information (sports, anti-doping, etc.), actions (leisure bases, control of institutions, etc.). The Directorate of Youth and Sports acts on several fronts. To help young people between the ages of 10 and 18, whose families have modest incomes, to practise sports at the lowest cost, they also put in place a sport coupon system. Check with sports clubs. More than 80 000 Lyon regularly practice a sport in one of the 550 clubs or associations, which the city has.

The simplification of formalities, the accompaniment of businesses and businesses, the support for the necessary steps, the follow-up to the key stages of development is the primary function of this public body. These veritables "Business house" make available to entrepreneurs a multidisciplinary team trained in analysis/consultancy. Formalities for the creation of self-business, company resumption, assignment, liquidation, modification of the statutes, transmission… all this administrative knowledge is controlled by the stakeholders responsible for the accompaniment. The development of the business enterprise (export, financing, quality, innovation, etc.) often involves the informed intervention of these professionals. An online agenda also offers the various events (business appointments, workshops, information meetings, etc.) dedicated to the company in Marseille Provence, but also abroad.

The Eaux de Marseille group brings together some 17 companies, including the SEM (Société des eaux de Marseille). Its main mission: to guarantee the distribution of drinking water in Marseille and beyond, thus ensuring the comfort and health of some 2 million people. At the same time, it is also necessary to clean up waste water and thus preserve the natural environment. Marseille water has a very good reputation and is among the best quality water in the country. This is due to the work of the members of this group. For any individual problem related to the water network or its distribution, you will get the necessary help.

A new form of financial assistance for new energy was introduced in 2008 by the Rhône-Alpes region. It consists of a flat-rate cheque to settle part of the facility for the installation of renewable energy equipment. It is enough to be an owner and to request a file by telephone or Internet, and then return it to the address indicated. If accepted, you will receive a-day cheque, valid for one year. The work will only begin with an approved installer "Enerplan", NF 303.5 or EN 12.809. As an indication, the cheque is 300 € for an individual solar water heater and € 1 000 for a combined solar system or for a wood boiler. So more reason to avoid saving money!