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Créteil and France - a summary
France, a major cultural centre at the hub of Europe
While studying in France you will discover a major cultural centre, you will also experience a society justifiably well known for its way of life. France is the main tourist destination in the world and the French are proud to share their cultural heritage, landscapes, cities and high quality of gastronomy with visitors.
France is a geographically diverse country, which has very modern infrastructures in transport and health. It is also a very safe and tolerant country.
In France, you will have access to a multitude of sporting, tourist or cultural activities and having student status makes these particularly affordable. While studying in Créteil, which is half an hour from the centre of Paris, you will be very close to the capital’s rich cultural and social life: museums, book shops, cinemas, theatres and cafés are never far away.
You will be at the hub of Europe. Several European cities are easy to reach: Amsterdam, London, Berlin, Brussels, Barcelona, Munich or Milan awaits you for a weekend visit or a longer stay.
Geographical location
Créteil is in the county of Val-de-Marne, 12 km from Paris-Notre-Dame and 7 km from the ring roads. Nestling against a loop of the Marne in its North-East section, this town benefits from a network of different types of transport as well as several modes of public transport (3 metro stations, an RER station and a bus network).
Cristoliens & cristoliennes
It is the name we give to the inhabitants of Créteil
Créteil comes from the word “cristoïlum” meaning the glade on the hill crest.
Créteil comes from the word “cristoïlum” meaning the glade on the hill crest.
12 km
That is the distance from Créteil to Notre Dame de Paris
89 000
That is the number of inhabitants in Créteil
Date of update May 2, 2012
