Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 1 Le guide de Rouen WELCOME S’installer,IN ROUEN vivre, découvrir ! You have chosen to leave your country to live in France. Recently arrived in Rouen you want to find your way as quickly as possible in your new environment? This “welcome guide” is for you. It aims to make your installation as simple and pleasant as possible and to answer any questions you may have. We are committed to making you discover your new environment, simplify the arrival process, help you find your way, reveal all the charm of our city, which from now on, is also yours! You are living in ROUEN and you think you already know everything about your city and its surroundings? With this guide, we will make you discover treasures that you surely do not know yet… Rouen and its region will never stop surprising you and we bet you will love it! Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 2 Summary ©Patrice LeBris Settle down : the 4 keys for a successful arrival in Rouen …………………..……………………… 5-22 Key n°1 : your administrative procedures……………………………... 7-8 Key n°2 : your home……………………………………………………….. 9-12 Key n°3 : your vehicle……………………………………………………… 13-16 Key n°4 : your money…………………………………………………….... 17-22 Living : family, health, friends………………………….. 23-45 Your family : giving them a new life ……………………………………. 25-30 Your social and friendly life ………………………………………………. 31-35 Your health …………………………………………………………………… 36-40 Your displacements…………………………………………………………. 41-45 Discover : A beautiful country experience……………………….. 46-61 Rouen Culture……………………………………………………………….. 48-50 Rouen Nature………………………………………………………………… 51-53 Rouen Pleasure………………………………………………………………. 54-56 Rouen Leisure……………………………………………………………....... 57-61 Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 3 Let’s go to ROUEN ! Rouen, city of Joan of Arc, bathed by the Seine and set with forest estates, offers a high quality living environment. In Rouen there is a real "heart of the city", typical and authentic center, which makes all the charm and makes it unique. Rouen is also made of a rich and moving history, a bubbling cultural life, an extensive public transport network, modern infrastructures, a renowned hospital, a high-level academic offer, a wide range of city or rural walks ... Its dynamism and its economic vitality, its strategic location one hour from Paris, 45 minutes from the sea, and 3 hours from London or Brussels, make Rouen and its region, an exceptional place to live. Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 4 A successful settling in … As soon as you arrive, you will ask yourself very practical questions about your future installation. What procedures shall I apply for? How to find a home that I like ? Will I have to pay taxes? Where do I open a bank account ? enjoyrouennormandy.com offers solutions so that your installation goes as well as possible and that from the beginning, your stay and that of your family, takes place in the best conditions. Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 5 Settle in Rouen Your administrative procedures Your Home Your vehicle Your money Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 6 Your administrative procedures You are arriving in France and you are wondering what the administrative procedures to carry out are? How to enter, stay and work in the French territory? The answer is yes. You will have to fill some procedures, depending on your nationality: citizen of the European Union and assimilated OR citizen of another country. UE national (and assimilated) All citizens from Germany, The residence permit is not Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, compulsory. Cyprus, Croatia, Denmark, The one and only formality is, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, once arrived, to register at the Greece, Hungary, Ireland, city hall of your place of Italy, Latvia, Lituania, residence within the three Luxembourg, Malta, months of your arrival in Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, France. Romania, Unites Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Your close family members are Czech republic, Iceland, welcome if they come from a Norway, Liechtenstein and European country : no visa Switzeland. required. You must simply have a valid identity card or passport. Demander un visa Obtenir un titre de séjour Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 7 Links : Conditions of entry in France List of regulated professions Apply for a visa Contacts in France All arrival procedures in France Citizen of another country (apart EU) If you are non-European, you will have to carry out two major procedures : Once you are on the To come in France, and French territory, and in before your arrival, you order to stay there longer have to apply for a visa and/or living here, you from the French have to apply for a Consulate (or from French residence permit from to consular authorities) from the prefecture. There are various types of residence your country of origin. It all permits, depending on the depends on the length of nature (employee, your stay. Several types of executive, student, etc.) or Visa are possible, on the length of the stay. depending on the length of your stay in France (less than 3 months, from 4 to Good to know : 12 months, or over a All civil status records must be year). accompanied by a translation into French by an authorized translator. To be able to work in France, whatever the duration of your professional stay, you must in obtain a work permit. There are several types of residence permits, depending on the reason (employee, manager, student ...) or the length of stay in France. Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 8 Your home Coming to live in Rouen means above all finding your living space… Finding a home that suits your personal taste is a fundamental, if not the most important, step in your move- in…Where to search ? Is a lease contract compulsory ? How to open meters?...Here are the keys to a safe way to find your home . Search and find In terms of price, housing All these figures vary supply is very affordable in depending on the type of Rouen and its surroundings. property, its location, the Purchase, rental, house, benefits it offers, its size, the apartment, furnished, ... state of renovation ... Prices fall the range offered has away from the heart of the city. something to meet everyone's preferences. * on march of 2018 The average price for a rental is : 11,04 € / sqm * (29,65 € / sqm* in Paris). Thus, it takes about 650 € rent per month for a 60 sqm apartment. On purchase, the price is 2232 € / sqm * on average (8764 € / ©MartinFlaux sqm * for Paris). ©MartinFlaux Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 9 The choice of a place to live is vast and diversified: in the historic city center, in the Gare-Jouvenet district, on the left bank near the Botanic gardens, on the heights of Mont-Saint-Aignan, Bois - Guillaume, Bihorel, the green cities of Canteleu or Montigny, on the banks of the Seine, or in the nearby countryside, ... there is certainly a place that will seduce you! Where to search ? Many real estate agencies (most affiliated to a professional union, which is a pledge of confidence) and Notary Offices in Rouen can help you in your search. There are also specialized websites. Some local newspapers list real estate offers. Finally, in some cases it is possible to call on Action Logement through its "Mobili Pass" specially designed for employees on professional mobility in order to facilitate their move to rented accommodation. Lease contract ... Once the housing found, several steps must be completed: signing the lease contract, deposit of the rental guarantee, check-in inventory, insurance covering rental risks, designation of the energy supplier (gas / electricity) and opening of meters, and finally connection to telephone lines and WIFI. Here's how to do it : Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 10 The Signature of the lease Check-in inventory : It consists contract : The signature of the in a contract that describes the lease contract is mandatory. exact condition of the rented This contract, written and accommodation. At the end drawn up in as many copies as of the lease, it will be there are parties (landlord, compared to a departure tenant, roommate, guarantor, inventory in order to determine etc.), should include a number if some repairs must be taken of minimum notices: identity of care by the tenant. the parties, designation and description of the property, amount of rent and charges, Opening meters : Once your date of entry. accommodation is found, one last formality remains: the opening of meters (water, gas, The deposit of a rent electricity) and lines guarantee : The landlord may (telephony, internet). As the require the payment of a market is now free and open, it security deposit to coverNotaries any is useful to compareUnion of offers.Real Estate Unions National UnionThese of meter openings can possible failure of the tenant Opening meters : Once your (rent or unpaid charges,Real Estate Professionalssometimes take a little time; accommodation is found, one realization of rental repairs ...). initiate these steps early lastenough formality before remains: your move the (at openingleast 15 of daysmeters before(water, gas,the electricity) and lines Home insurance : it is scheduled date) mandatory for the lessee to (telephony, internet). As the take out a "household multi-risk market is now free and open, insurance" policy and present it it is useful to compare offers. before signing the lease contract. Links : Notaries Union of Real Estate Unions National Union of Real Estate Professionals Settle, live, discover Rouen – The guide -Page | 11 Moving In some cities, such as Rouen for example, it is advisable to apply to the city hall for a permit to move to reserve a car park for the duration of the move.