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
PICTURE TO COME:
Marine, Athénaïs, Soctea, Lady-Grâce

REGION

The Region PICARDIE and the Department SOMME

REGION PICARDIE
1. surface of the region	19,399 km2
2. number of inhabitants	1 890 000 inhabitants in 2007

3. border regions, country and sea	Border regions: Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Haute-Normandie, Ile-de-France, Champagne-Ardennes Border country : Belgium Sea : the English Channel
4. number of historical castles in the region	32 castles (9 castles in Somme, 11 in Aisne and 12 inOise)
5. production of the regions	- 1st region for: frozen and canned vegetables, ready meals, beetroot, sugar, potato starch, metal working, ironmongery and valve fittings; - 2nd region for glass making, cosmetics products, bar-turning, farm implements and wheat; - 3rd region for rubber, plastics processing and agricultural machinery
6. number and names of the departments	3 departments: Aisne, Oise, Somme
DEPARTMENT SOMME
7. surface of the department	6170 km2
8. number of inhabitants	555 551 inhabitants in 1999
9. population density	90/km2 in 1999

Anthony, Thomas, Julie, Sophie, Laïla, Natia and Adeline & Marie were both too shy to be on the picture!