TO COME TO ANGERS (FRANCE)
By plane then by train, of Paris : There are each day 5 TGV (High-speed train) direct of the Airport Roissy-Charles of Gaulle in Angers. You can also travel by the "Shuttle drunk" to the Maine-Montparnasse station then the TGV, direction Nantes/Le Croisic, with stop in Angers. Cost of the voyage : approximately 40 €. Obligatory reservation.
To come with the ESA by the bus : At the station of Angers, to take the bus line 7, direction "Guillebotte". To go down to the station "Blondeau". Cost of the bus : approximately 1 euro.
COST OF LIVING
The cost of living in France can be compared with any other European country. For the basic expenditure like food, housing and transport, a student must count, to live in Angers, on a budget from approximately 475 to 600 € /mois, that is to say :
Housing : 168 to 300 € per month
Food : (Ticket of University canteen : 2,65 € per meal in 2004-2005) 165 € per month
Transport : (Tickets of bus) : around 30 € per month
Other costs : 185 € per month
To reduce the cost of housing, it is possible to make a request "for Assistance Personalized with Housing" (APL) at the CIF (Case of Family benefits) : 32, rue Louis Gain 49027 Angers CEDEX 01 tél. : 02 41 88 30 30
HOUSING
Group ESA does not have its own residence, but rooms can be reserved for the students coming from abroad ; for example...
A room out a students residence starting from 300 € /month,
A room "in family" : 350 € for the room and the breakfast
A room downtown : aroud from 270 € /month, plus one month of guarantee
Addresses are available to the CLOUS : Centre Local des Oeuvres Universitaires et Scolaires : 35 boulevard du Roi René 49100 Angers Tél. : 02 41 25 35 80
WELCOME AT ESA
To know about facilities and your integration at ESA
HEALTH AND INSURANCE
For the foreign students, if you are amenable to the European Union, get you the E218 form in your country. Otherwise, you must subscribe an Insurance private Health (obligatory for the stays of more than three months).
Medical departments :
C.H.U. University Hospital complex, 1 avenue de l’Hôtel Dieu - Tel. : 02 41 35 36 37
S.M.U.G.A. Medical department urgently of Guard of Angers - Tel. : 02 41 88 44 59
You will find also a doctor deprived while looking in the telephone directory or the yellows page
Pharmacy : There is many pharmacy in the centre town, one of it is on the way between the university canteen and the ESA.
BANKS
Exchange currencies in the banks, for example :
The Bank of France, places Mendès France
The Agricultural credit, street of the Arenas or boulevard of Coubertin
The National Bank of Paris, Foch boulevard
The Crédit Lyonnais, Foch boulevard
The Post office, Franklin Street Roosevelt
INTERNET SITES OF THE CITY AND THE AREA
The town of Angers The department of Maine-et-Loire The site of Anjou The area of the Country-of-the-Loire The site of Cointreau
USEFUL SITES
To learn French :
au CIDEF (International center of French studies), located near Group ESA : 20 hours of course per week – 120 € the week.
at the municipal institute of Angers (free).
To travel :
geographical route and situations
in bus of country in country
in train
in plane of Paris ou d’Angers
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