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SLOVENIA


The Republic of Slovenia lies at the heart of Europe, where the Alps face the Panonian plains and the Mediterranean meets the mysterious Karst. To the north borders to Austria; Hungary is to the east, Croatia to the south and Italy to the west.

The Republic of Slovenia
Full name: Republic of Slovenia (Republika Slovenija)
State system: Democratic parliamentary republic; member of the EU since 1 May 2004
Capital: Ljubljana, 258,873 inhabitants
Official Language: Slovene, in some nationally mixed areas also Italian and Hungarian
National flag: three equal horizontal stripes in white, blue and red with Slovenian coat of arms on its left upper side
Coat of arms: Three six-pointed yellow stars are symbols of the Counts of Celje with Triglav as a symbol of Slovenehood and underlying two wavy lines symbolizing Slovenian rivers and the sea
Anthem: the seventh stanza of France Prešeren poem Zdravljica (a Toast); melody by Stanko Premrl
Currency: Euro
Phone dial code: +386

Geography
Area: 20,273 km²
Time zone: GMT/UTC +1
Length of borders: 1,370 km; with Austria: 318 km, with Croatia: 670 km, with Hungary: 102 km, with Italy: 280 km
Length of coastline: 46.6 km
Landscape: the territory of Slovenia is divided into four basic types of landscapes, Alpine in the north, Mediterranean in the south-west, Dinaric in the south and Pannonian in the east.
Climate: continental in central Slovenia, alpine in the north-west and sub-Mediterranean along the cost and its hinterland
Forest: 10,124 km2
Average temperature: January –2°C; July 21°C
Highest mountain: Triglav, 2,864 m
Longest river: Sava, 221 km
Largest lake: Cerknica lake (intermittent) 26 km²
Longest and deepest touristic karst cave: Postojnska jama, 19.5 km
Major natural park: Triglav national park, 83,808 ha


Population
Main cities: Ljubljana (258.873), Maribor (93.847), Celje (37.834), Kranj (35.587), Velenje (26.742), Koper (23.726)
Ethnic composition of Slovenia:
Slovene 80.06%
Serbian 5.98%
Croatian 3.81%
Bosniak 1.10%
Hungarian 0.32%
Albanian 0.31%
Macedonian 0.20%
Romani 0.17%
Montenegrin 0.14%
Italian 0.11%
Other minorities 7.80%



Biljana Petkovič, 1. egč

Škofja Loka

Škofja Loka was first mentioned as a square in year 1248 and in year 1274 as a town. City was named after bishops(bishop=škof=Škofja Loka). 22.093 is the number of inhabitans.

354metres is the sealevel of the city. Community`s surface is 146km².

Very popular hill above city is Lubnik. In Škofja Loka are two rivers: Selščica and Poljanščica.

Over the old town is a castle named after the city.For major safety purposes the town was secured by town wall constructed in the beginning of the 14th century. The castle was in the history at first home of bishops and had main tower as jail. Then the nunes came and used the castle for their purposes and torn down the tower.

Every year on the 21.th of June the city transforms into the city of Medieval time and it`s called the Path of Venus.

In Škofja Loka worked some of famous persons in Slovenian history, for example Ivan Grohar, who was a painter; Ivan Tavčar, who was a writer and France Planina, who was geologist, biologist, teacher and quite a time even headteacher.

In the city are a lot of art museums and a history museum in the castle.

It`s a small town, so we have only one cinema on town`s square.

My favourite place in Škofja Loka is Homan house with confectionery,where they make the best ice-cream and hot chocolate in the town.

Tina

SCHOOL

School SAINT REMI

1. name of the director	Mrs Lizeux
2. number of students	1403
3. number of teachers	128
4. number of classrooms	70
5. number of computers	350

	6. timetable of the class
		MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
	08.00 08.55		Organization	Maths	Accountancy
	08.55 09.50	Maths	Economy Law	Organization	English
	09.50 10.05	break	break	break	break	break
	10.05 11.00	Arts	Accountancy
	11.00 11.55	Organization	Communication
	11.55 12.15	break	break	break	break	break
	12.15 13.10	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH	LUNCH
	13.10 14.05	Economy Law	Accountancy	English
	14.05 15.00	History Geography	Accountancy		Accountancy
	15.00 15.15	break	break	break	break	break
	15.15 16.10	Accountancy			Maths
	16.10 17.05	Religious Culture

7. dates of the school holidays
All Saints holidays	From Saturday 25th October until Thursday 6th November
Christmas/New Year holidays	From Saturday 20th December 2008 until Monday 5th January 2009
Winter holidays	From Saturday 21st February until Monday 9th March
Easter holidays	From Saturday 18th April until Monday 4th May
Summer holidays	From Thursday 2nd July until Wednesday 2nd September

Cindy, Aurore

CITY

AMIENS

1. surface	49.46 km2
2. number of inhabitants	135,501 inhabitants in 1999
3. population density	2740/km2 in 1999
4. What are the “hortillonages” and their surface	300 hectares of Floating Gardens
5. name of the principal river	The Somme
6. the cathedral:
its surface	7700 m2
its height	112,7 m
its length	145 m
years of construction	From 1220 until 1269 (the towers were built from 1366 until the 15th century)
7. name of a famous writer who lived in Amiens	Jules Verne
8. number of museums	4: Museum of Picardie, Museum of the Hotel de Berny, House of Jules Verne, archaeological gardens of Saint-Acheul
9. number of cinemas	3
10. number of swimming-pools	3

Florian, Ophélie, Cindy, Gwénaëlle, Kévin
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