Jumelage French Book Pdf 15
Gifford Brickley
The first explorations of a possible Sister-City relationship, or jumelage in French, began in the late 1990s, with several informal meetings between people from both countries who already knew each other, and discussions about possible educational, cultural, and economic exchanges between their cities.
Sue Marcos, former long-time president of the Greater Albion Chamber of Commerce, had lived in France, in the Noisy-le-Roi/Bailly (NlR/B) area, for several years in the 1960s and still had friends there. One of those French friends, Alain Frne, spoke with Sue about a possible exchange of people from Albion and NlR/B for cultural and economic purposes.
Ironically, William Wheaton, then-mayor of Albion, was also acquainted with the region because he had been stationed during World War II at the Supreme Headquarters of the Allied Powers of Europe, which was located near Noisy-le-Roi.
All of these early visitors received an extremely warm welcome from the French people and were enthused about further exchanges between our cities. Some of the Albionites involved in these early discussions included Sue Marcos, Judy Dobert, Mike Williams, Vera Wenzel, Carmella Calderone, Glen Walquist, Laura Waldo, Canduace Cloy, Bill Wheaton, and Lou Steinbecker.
The first contacts between our two city governments occurred in 1997 with a memorandum of understanding that an official relationship would commence in the year 2000. In 1998, the cities of Noisy-le-Roi and Albion each began to form a Sister City committee. The first Chairperson of the Albion committee was Marjorie Ulbrich. Michelle Mueller became the second Chairperson a few years later, and the committee is co-chaired currently by Mary Slater and Albion College foreign languages professor, Dr. Dianne Guenin-Lelle.
In the year 2000, a delegation from Noisy-le-Roi came to Albion during the Festival of the Forks for the signing of the official Sister City document here, and in 2001, a group of 13 Albion officials and citizens traveled to Noisy-le-Roi for a signing ceremony full of international pomp and circumstance.
A Department of Transportation sign, showing Noisy-le-Roi as Albion's sister city, was mounted at one of the city entrances in 2001 with a photo capturing the participation of Albionites Michael Soltis, and Willie and Nancy Lewis in its unveiling.
At some point in the mid-2000s, representatives from Noisy-le-Roi attended a convention of French cities participating in Sister City relationships around the world. It was apparent at that convention that Albion and Noisy-le-Roi had the one of the most vibrant of on-going Sister City relationships between France and the United States.
In addition to the relationship between the three City Halls, very important formal cooperative arrangements between Albion College and the University of Versailles, Saint Quentin, and the L'Ecole Superieur de Vente, were also established.
During the now more than 15 years of the mutual relationships, there have been over 600 persons traveling back and forth across the Atlantic, from children as young as 9 years old to senior citizens. Youth from Albion have traveled to France for school and other cultural experiences, and French children have come to Albion for school programs, piano competitions, basketball games, and summer camps. Exchanges of college-age young adults have occurred for college/university experiences and programs and summer internships. Adults of a wide range of ages have participated in several cultural exchange programs.
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But twinning arrangements between towns began in earnest after the Second World War, particularly between France, Germany and the UK. The Europe-wide desire for reconciliation led to the forging of bonds between municipalities and local authorities, and as a result, twinning was officially born.
Over a century after the Keighley-Poix-du-Nord jumelage, the twinning movement has become a worldwide phenomenon. In Europe, the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) is the main instigator of towns twinning.
The CEMR suggests that twinning be a process of finding a partner town with similar characteristics. Population size is a common denominator as are location, economic activities and historic links. Cultural similarities also make a popular basis for twin towns.
Geography pops up in many sister municipalities. For instance, several French towns in Brittany and Normandy have twins over the English Channel. Poole with Cherbourg and Portsmouth with Caen are two examples of port cities twinned with their opposite on the other side of the water.
Did you know? The small town of Ciss in Haute-Vienne (with around 2,800 inhabitants) is twinned with no fewer than 28 other towns, one for each country in the EU and the UK, whose twin town is Desborough.
Cities with similar activities also make good twins. Coventry and St Etienne share industrial roots as do Leeds and Lille. Cognac has paired up with Bozhou in China, famous for its white spirits. And Limoges, the world capital of porcelain, chose to twin with Seto in Japan, also known for its fine ceramics.
Tourism is another driver behind sister cities. Edinburgh twinned with Nice in 1958 and both cities welcome similar numbers of visitors. And the two architectural gems of Bath and Aix-en-Provence share roots in their spas and annual cultural festivals. They have been twins since 1978.
Cathedral cities in the UK have also twinned with cities in France: Canterbury and Reims are twins bringing together two of the finest churches in Europe. Twinned Norwich and Rouen also boast stunning cathedrals and Norwich cathedral was even built from Caen limestone, just west of Rouen.
Glamorous culture also helps bring two municipalities together. Cannes, the epitome of French glitz, is appropriately twinned with the borough of Kensington and Chelsea in London, and Beverley Hills in Los Angeles. Identical twins perhaps?
Did you know? Cockermouth and Marvejols bring together the essence of twin towns. The Cumbrian town and its Lozre sister partnered in 1983 and have had over 200 group exchanges since then. Cockermouth has Marvejols Park while Marvejols built a Cockermouth roundabout complete with a red phone box.
Sometimes, geography, economy and culture have nothing to do with twin towns in France. Instead of official twinning association activities, the pairing of two municipalities is often purely a case of who you know.
This is the case of Bruyres, a small commune in the Vosges in northeast France. The town is twinned with Honolulu, over 12,000km away in Hawaii. This unlikely pair came together when a veteran of the American Forces, Wilbert Sandy Holk, formed part of the liberation force in Bruyres in 1944.
Despite the long list of French twin towns and sister cities, some of which have triplets or sextuplets worldwide, the City of Light has only one sister city: Rome. The two capitals became officially twinned in 1956 and have remained faithful to each other ever since.
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