I am a student moving to France in order to learn the language, what is the best city to move to and why?
I'm looking for a place in France (NOT Paris) that is rich in culture and beauty. Somewhere that is student friendly also. If you are French it would be great to hear some ideas/advice from you.
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The Northern area, a university city like Strasbourg could be a positive experience. Don't go to the Marseille area: extremelhy corrupt and dangerous. ANYTHING could happen to you.
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Fréjus, you should definitely move there. I am from there and it is beautiful, it is in the south of the country so we do speak a little differently but it is the same. the city is very rich in culture and history and we have a lot of old roman dated architecture such as the aqueducts. and it is very student friendly, we have students from spain and catalonia living in the region. and it is not metropolitan like paris. and you get to hear the regional language "provençal". Marseille is not as dangerous as Paris
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Aix-en-Provence, that area is beautiful, that's why people from north come here when they are on vacation I live in Marseille and I'm still alive.
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Avoid anywhere south of the Loire, since French did not really arrive there in everyday use before the mid 19th century. The Walloon area of Belgium also has its own peculiarities which the foreigner might pefer not to be confused by. And of course Alsace is traditionally German speaking territory (though you must never mention this to a Frenchman!). But does it have to be in France? Geneva is probably the world's most pleasant French speakling city to live in, although you will need a Swiss-level income. Québec (if you favour a smallish city) or Montreal (if you want somewhere as big as Paris) will both offer (albeit reluctantly) English to fall back on. If it must be in France, I think I would favour Rouen.
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You can come to Toulouse. It is a city in southern France. It is the third university town in France between Mediterranean, the Pyrenees and the ocean. It is a beautiful city, very young and open, ideal for studies.
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I like Montpellier which is beautiful, and it has a language school for international students. I love Languedoc - Roussillon; it's near the Mediterranean, and Pézenas where Molière learnt to be a playwright. It's a wine producing area, and you could visit the medieval Abbaye de Valmagne which makes its own wine. The area has a fascinating history.
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Toulouse, Aix-en-Provence.
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Well I was going to recommend Paris but if you don't want to go there, Strasbourg and Lyon are both very lovely cities. DON'T go to Marseille or Grenoble, there's so much crime in both those places.
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