European Cup Race Walking Team Manual - European Athletics

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1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 France 8 TH EUROPEAN UROPEAN Area: 675 417 km ² UROPEAN CUP UP RACE ACE WALKING ALKING METZ ETZ 2009 2009 Population: 64 473 140 inhabitants, density: 93.59 persons per km² Official language: French Capital: Paris Type of government: Republic Elevations: Highest: Mont-Blanc (4 807 m) Major religion: Catholicism Life expectancy: Women: 84 and Men: 76 GDP: 1 792 000 000 euros Labour distribution: Manufacturing: 26.9%, Services: 68.3% and Agriculture: 4.8% Foreign trade: Principal trade partners: Europe, United States, Japan and Africa. Currency: The French currency is the euro. You can change your money at any bank and at the hotel reception desk. However, in the hotels the rate of exchange is less favourable. International credit cards are accepted in hotels, shops and restaurants. Local Time: GMT + 2 hours Water: Metz tap water is completely safe for drinking. Driving: Right-hand traffic Electricity: The electric current for use in homes and hotels is 220 volts (50 Hz) and the plugs used are two round pins. Telephone: Public telephones are installed everywhere, most will allow international calls. There are some telephone booths which accept coins and others operate with telephone cards. It is possible to buy telephone cards in the hotels. Some telephones will also accept international credit cards. The country code is 33. Mobile phone network: French mobile phone network operate under 3G, Edge, GSM and GPRS, only phones that are manufactured to operate under these systems will work in France. Mobile phone companies: Orange, SFR and Bouygues Business Hours: Business hours of the main establishments are as follows: Weekdays Saturdays Sundays Banks 9:00 - 17:00 some- - Post Office 8:00 - 19:00 8:00 - 12:00- - Shops 9:00 - 19:00 9:00 - 19:00 Some Administrations 9:00 - 17:00 - - Metz 2009 Team Manual Page 3/25
1.2 City of Metz 8 TH EUROPEAN UROPEAN UROPEAN CUP UP RACE ACE WALKING ALKING METZ ETZ 2009 2009 Metz is a city located between Paris and Strasbourg in the region of the Lorraine, chief town of the Department of Moselle. Metz, a city open to ... • urban ecology, a policy it has been implementing without respite now for some thirty years, in order to build a city for People to live in, • its heritage, which it is constantly and tirelessly maintaining and restoring, offering its inhabitants and visitors architectural surroundings of the finest quality which also represent a voyage through the ages, • its economic environment, encouraging the setting up of new activities, a source of new jobs for all and particularly the young, • the New Information and Communication Technologies, which it has made its speciality, developing since 1984 a Technopole entirely dedicated to those technologies, with 200 companies providing some 4,000 jobs. • a dynamic cultural life, centred on a number of high-calibre institutions, the Arsenal, the Opera-Theatre, the Philharmonie de Lorraine, the Museums of the Cour d'Or covering all the art forms to the satisfaction of audiences from all walks of life, • finally, a Metz open to its European destiny, which it is building day after day with its immediate neighbours Luxembourg and Germany. In short, a city that is simply open to life itself Area: 41,94 km² Population (2006): 124 435 inhabitants, density: 2 967 persons per km² Climate in Metz: The average maximum temperature for July is 18,4 o C and the minimum average is 1,5 o C. Metz 2009 Team Manual Page 4/25
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