Mairie de Vannes

Vannes is twinned with three cities: Mons in Belgium, Cuxhaven in Germany and Fareham in Great Britain. The aim of these twinnings is most of all the exchange of people and activities: exchanges for schools, students, cultural and sportive associations, economic world representatives.

Mons (Belgium)

Web address: www.mons.be

Being the capital of the Hainaut province, Mons is an important business centre. The region of Mons includes 91,473 inhabitants. The twinning was signed in 1952.

The Vannes-Mons comity
21, allée des Tourterelles - 56000 Vannes
President : Mr. Guy Bernard, same address
Tel. : 02 97 47 47 78 - Fax : 02 97 47 69 84
Secretary : Mrs Nicole Laudren - Tel. : 02 97 01 60 00
Activities: twinning; school, cultural and sportive exchanges.

Cuxhaven (Germany)

Web addresses: www.cuxhaven.de and www.cuxhaven2004.de
Cuxhaven is situated in the Lower Saxony province, in the foreland of the peninsula that the Elbe and the Waser estuaries cut in the North Sea. The town, which includes 55,000 inhabitants, is in fact Hamburg’s outer harbour. The city lives on tourism and fishing. The twinning was signed in 1963.

The Vannes-Cuxhaven young and adult comity
President : Mr. Lionel LAMOUR
6 lôt. les Terres de Bregadon - 56250 La Vraie Croix
Tel. : 02 97 67 20 77
E-mail : cuxhaven@nomad.fr
Activities: promoting the bonds of friendship that unite both twinned towns, realizing projects in connection with the adult comity.

Fareham (Great Britain)

Web address: www.fareham.com
Situated in the Hampshire County in the South of England, Fareham stretches itself out between the harbour of Portsmouth and Southampton opposite the Isle of Wight. Including its district, the population of Fareham represents 92,000 inhabitants. The twinning was signed in 1967.

The Vannes-Fareham comity:
President : Mr. Marcel Boché
23, allée des Frères Cadoret - Ile de Conleau Vannes
Tel. : 02 97 63 16 73

Other towns related to Vannes

The Vannes-Baroueli comity (Mali)
The aim of this twinning is to develop and reinforce the relations between the cities of Baroueli and Vannes in the economic, social and cultural fields.
President : Mrs France Lécailler
Tel. : 02 97 54 64 64 (CCAS)

The Brittany-Walbrzych association (Poland)
Web address of the Walbrzych city:www.um.walbrzych.pl
President : Mr. Maréchal, deputy mayor
Tel. : 02 97 01 60 20 (town hall, deputies' secretariat)

Solidarité Tiers Monde du District du Pays de Vannes Abeché
President : Mr. Laurent Drilhon
Tel. : 02 97 47 45 72
Social centre: Communauté d'Agglomération
PIBS - Prisme 2 -CP 20 - 56038 Vannes Cedex
Tel. : 02 97 68 14 24

Vannes, one of the most beautiful bays

Vannes belongs to the “club of the most beautiful bays”.
Contact : Tourist office.
Tel. : 02 97 47 24 34
E-mail : tourisme@pays-de-vannes.com
Web page: www.pays-de-vannes.com/tourisme
Useful contact: Hervé Laigo, delegate town councillor in charge of international relations.
Tel. : 02 97 01 60 20

Other associations

Los amigos de España
President : Mr. Joubin
Maison des Associations
6 rue de la Tannerie
Tel. : 02 97 40 72 40
E-Mail: amigos.de.espana@wanadoo.fr
Web page: http://monsite.wanadoo.fr/amigos.de.espana
Activities: free Spanish lessons, reports, film club, conferences, cooking lessons, journeys and board games

The Vannes-Spain friendship
President : M. Verrier
Maison des Associations
6 rue de la Tannerie
Tel. : 02 97 47 80 71
Activities: free Spanish lessons, reports, film club, conferences, cooking lessons, journeys and board games.

Friendship and meetings between people-ARP
President : Mr. Michel Audo
8 rue du Porh Priendo - 56880 Ploëren
Tel. : 02 97 63 60 22
Activities: twinning, creation of contacts, meetings, exchanges between French and foreign families (in Germany, England, the United States) thus developing the friendship and acquaintance between different cultures.

The France-Poland comity
President : Mrs Milcent
Rue du Moulin - 56450 Surzur
Tel. : 02 97 42 14 74
Activities: school and individual exchanges between France and Poland, organization of journeys, humanitarian convoys and exhibitions.