COMITE DE JUMELAGE DE BASSE

COMITE DE JUMELAGE
DE BASSE-GOULAINE
We would like to build a friendly relationship with an English speaking town.
Our purpose is to prompt cultural, sport or artistic exchanges.
Let’s look at our city.
Basse-Goulaine has 8100 inhabitants.
It is located in the West of France, close to Nantes, in Loire Atlantique.
Manor of KerKlaar
Edges of the Goulaine River
A megalith in Basse-Goulaine
The Church of Basse-Goulaine
- 6 km from NANTES, city of history, art,
tourism and economic metropolis
- 50 km from the Atlantic OCEAN, its beaches
and its maritime ports (Saint Nazaire, La Baule,
Pornic, Les Sables d'Olonne)
- a few km away from the CHATEAUX de la
LOIRE, declared UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Very close to Nantes, our town is surrounded by vineyards and marshes.
Activities of Basse-Goulaine:
 more than 50 associations:
 sport associations for example football, tennis, cycling, hiking
etc.)
 cultural associations (choirs, dance, harmonica, painting etc.)
 primary and secondary schools and a high school
 Wine growing
(Muscadet, Gros-plant)
 Vegetable growing
Activities of the Twinning Committee :
 Since 1989 exchanges have been developed between Basse-Goulaine and
Theley, a town in Germany…
 Since 2012 exchanges have been developed between Basse-Goulaine and
Briviesca, a town in Spain…
 Organization of local festivals, friendly meals
 English and Spanish courses
Would you accept to start a relationship between our two cities?
Contacts:
Geneviève VACHER, 16, Hauts de l’Ile Chaland, F-44115 Haute-Goulaine
(33) 02.40.06.03.47.
Email : [email protected]
Claudine DUMONTIER, 8 impasse du Sommelier, F- 44120 Vertou
(33) 06.82.22.97.68.
Email : [email protected]
WEB SITE: http://www.comite-de-jumelage-de-basse-goulaine.fr