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 6th July 2008
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Welcome to the Indre family zoneWelcome to the Indre family section! This is for all households who are living or are thinking of moving to the Indre department in the Centre region, right in the middle of rural France. We will be bringing you hints and tips on living in the Indre plus information on nurseries and schools, utilities, support groups and networks and general information on living and working here in the Indre. more...Smallholdings is back! Indre School Holidays for 2007/8Zone B: School Year 2006 / 2007Tuesday 8 January 2007 Winter Half Term (Hiver) Saturday 24 February 2007 more... Hot Topics on French property & life in FranceWhat our Topic Hosts have got in store...Le Gastrozone.jpg){kind=small} Your guide to buying & preparing good French foodSmallholdings .jpg){kind=small} Fancy keeping some horses & hens on a few hectares?Downshifting .jpg){kind=small} Have you really got what it takes to get away from it all?Gite Business  Can you make a living from holiday accommodation?Maison Secondaire  Buying and looking after your holiday home in FranceVegetarians .JPG){kind=small} "Ni poisson, ni viande": tales from the veggie vanguardHealthcare in France  Helping you navigate the French health systemTechCorner - for PC, internet & Sat TV issues Topics coming soon... Employment Swimming pools Language learning Business start-ups Become a Topic Host Contributions invited Frenchentree-Indre is always looking for contributions. In particular we welcome articles on people's lives in the Indre, interesting news stories, restaurant reviews, or details of an event that you're organising.Please send all contributions to editor |
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At this time of year you will see Galettes du Roi (or La Galette des Rois) in all the boulangeries in the Centre region. The Galette, which celebrates the biblical three kings, appears in the New Year around Epiphany, or the Feast of the Kings. This is normally celebrated in France on the first Sunday in January...
If you've ever registered for work through Job Centre Plus or the Department for Work and Pensions in the UK, you will find the French system runs on similar lines. The big difference, of course is the language - the Indre is not geared to any language other than...
It's autumn again and your demand for property tax - taxe foncière - will be dropping in your French mailbox or sent to your UK address if your property in the Indre is a second home. This tax is payable whether you live in the Indre permanently or not, and you have approximately ...
Like its counterpart, Royal Mail, in the UK, the French postal service, La Poste, is to undergo modernisation. The reorganisation in the Centre region will affect the Cher, the Indre and the Nievre areas, with an investment of 180 million euros.
France Telecom, which offers services similar to BT in the UK, now has an English language website. There is also an English speaking helpline which opens from 9 to 5 Monday to Friday. 
The French state education system is well-organised, well-funded and with generally average to high standards in comparison with other European countries. 
Le SYMCTOM, which operates the "dechetteries" or tips in the Indre from their headquarters in Le Blanc, has issued new guidelines on what can be recycled recently to residents in the south of the Indre. A new initiative...
Glyn Shakespeare has a dream - to turn his dilapidated barn, or "grange", into a dream home with swimming pool, jacuzzi and a games room, not to mention 8 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms and a large kitchen, lounge and dining area.
Anyone listening to BBC Radio 4’s Any Questions recently might have been surprised by Francis Maude's admission that he ...
If you've come from the South Coast of England, or from a large town in the British Isles, driving in the Indre is going to be a pleasant change from grinding volumes of traffic and parking problems you may have...
