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City Ville Guide

Swiss Embassy, Commercial Section
142, rue de Grenelle
75007 Paris
Tel. 01 49 55 67 00
Fax: 01 49 55 67 67
E-Mail:
vertretung@par.rep.admin.ch
Internet:
http://www.amb-suisse.fr


Swiss representatives in France:

Swiss Consulate, Bordeaux
14 cours Xavier Arnozan
33080 Bordeaux-Cedex
Tel. 05 56 52 18 65
Fax: 05 56 44 08 65

Swiss Consulate, Lyon
4, Place Charles Hernu
Immeuble "Le Colysée"
69100 Villeurbanne
Tel. 04 72 75 79 10
Fax: 04 72 75 79 19
E-Mail:
106617.1343@compuserve.com

Swiss Consulate, Marseille
7, rue d'Arcole
13291 Marseille Cedex 6
Tel. 04 96 10 14 10
Fax: 04 91 57 01 03

Swiss Consulate, Mulhouse
19b rue du Sauvage, 2nd floor
68100 Mulhouse
Tel. 03 89 45 32 12
Fax: 03 89 56 48 25

Swiss Consulate, Strasbourg
11, Bd du Président Edwards
67083 Strasbourg Cedex
Tel. 03 88 35 00 70
Fax: 03 88 36 73 54

Swiss Chamber of Commerce
10, rue des Messageries
75010 Paris
Tel. 01 48 01 00 77
Tel. 01 48 01 05 94 (commercial)
Tel. 01 48 01 05 91 (legal)
Fax: 01 48 01 05 75
Minitel: 3617 CECOM
Internet:
http://www.ccsf.com
E mail:
ccsf@ccsf.com

Swiss Tourism
11 bis, rue Scribe
75009 Paris
Tel. 01 44 51 65 51
Fax: 01 47 42 43 88
Internet:
http://www.switzwerlandtourism.ch
E-Mail:
stparis@switzerlandtourism.ch

In Switzerland

Swiss Trade Commission
Stampfenbachstrasse 85
CH-8035 Zurich
Tel. ++41 1/ 365 51 51
Fax: ++41 1/ 365 54 11
Internet:
http://www.osec.ch

Swiss Trade Commission
4,Avenue de l'Avant-Poste
CH-1001 Lausanne
Tel. ++41 21/ 320 32 31
Fax: ++41 21/ 320 73 37
Internet:
http://www.osec.ch
E-mail:
Info.Lausanne@osec.ch

RéusSite: Suisse
Dufourstrasse 179
CH-8034 Zürich
Tel. ++41 1/ 388 62 52
Fax: ++41 1/ 388 62 51
Internet:
http://www.reussitesuisse.ch

French-Swiss Chamber of Commerce
32, avenue de Frontenex
CH-1211 Geneva 6
Tel. ++41 22/ 735 65 40
Fax: ++41 22/ 735 01 33
Internet:
http://www.cfsci.ch
E-mail:
info@cfsci.ch

Economic and commercial service
of the French Embassy in Switzerland
Sulgeneckstrasse 37
CH-3007 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 380 17 17
Fax: ++41 31/ 380 17 18
Internet:
http://www.dree.org/suisse
E-mail:
PEE-de-BERNE@swissonline.ch

Federal Office of economic developement and labour
Bundesgasse 8
CH-3003 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 322 29 44
Fax: ++41 31/ 322 27 49
Internet:
http://www.ofde.ch

Federal Office of statistics
Schwarztorstrasse 96
CH-3003 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 322 60 11 ou 24
Fax: ++41 31/ 323 60 61
Internet:
http://www.admin.ch/bfs/findex.html

Headquarters of Customs
Monbijoustrasse 40
CH-3003 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 322 65 11
Fax: ++41 31/ 322 78 72
Internet:
http://www.douane.admin.ch

Federal tax administrative department
Business Division of international fiscal law
and double taxation
Federal dept of finance
Eigerstrasse 65
CH-3003 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 322 71 29
Fax: ++41 31/ 322 73 49
Internet:
http://efd.admin.ch

Federal Veterinary Office
Schwarzenburgstrasse 161
CH-3097 Liebefeld-Bern
Tel. ++41 31/ 323 85 09 or 24
Fax: ++41 31/ 323 85 22
Internet:
http://www.admin.ch/bvet

Federal Office of agriculture
Mattenhofstrasse 5
CH-3007 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 322 25 11
Fax: ++41 31/ 322 26 34
Internet:
http://www.evd.admin.ch/fr/html/ofag.html

Swiss Association of Bankers
Aeschenplatz 7
Case postale 4182
CH-4002 Bâle
Tel. ++41 61/ 295 93 93
Fax: ++41 61/ 272 53 82
Internet:
http://www.swissbanking.org

Swiss Federation of Lawyers (FSA)
Bollwerk 21
Case postale 8321
CH-3001 Berne
Tel. ++41 31/ 312 25 05
Fax: ++41 31/ 312 31 03
Internet:
http://www.swisslawyers.com
E-mail:
info@swisslawyers.com

Davos Symposium
World Economic Forum
53, ch. des Hauts-Crêts
CH-1223 Cologny
Tel. ++41 22/ 869 12 12
Fax: ++41 22/ 786 27 44
Internet:
http://www.weforum.org
E-mail:
contact@weforum.org

Swiss Register of Commerce
http://zefix.admin.ch/french.html

SwissTrade
:
http://www.swisstrade.ch

French Embassy in Switzerland
Schosshaldenstr. 46
3006 BERNE
Tel. 41 - 31/359.21.11
Fax 41 - 31/359.21.91
Internet :
www.itu.int/embassy/France

 

French consulates in Switzerland

BERNE
French Embassy
Schosshaldenstr. 46
3006 BERNE
Tel. 41 - 31/359.21.11
Fax 41 - 31/359.21.91

GENEVA
11 Rue J. Imbert Galloix
1205 Geneva
Tel. 41 - 22/319.00.00
Fax 41 - 22/391.00.91 (consulate)
Fax 41 - 22/319.00.71 (chancery)
Internet :
www.itu.ch/Consulate/France

ZÜRICH
Muehlebachstrasse 7
8008 ZÜRICH
Tel. 41- 1/268.85.85
Fax 41- 1/268.85.00

LAUSANNE
Chancery - Consular agency
30 Avenue Ruchonnet
1003 LAUSANNE
Tel. 41- 21/311.41.91/92/93
Fax 41- 21/311.41.94

BASLE
Chancery
Elisabethenstr. 33
Boîte Postale 255
4051 BASLE
Tel. 41- 61/272.63.18/19
Fax 41- 61/272.64.38

CONSULAR AGENCIES

Canton of Valais
5, rue des Mayennets
1950 SION
Tel. 41- 27/323.75.23
Fax 41- 27/323.79.23

Canton of Jura
Rue de la Fenaison 3
2800 DELEMONT
Tel. 41- 32/421.62.16
Fax 41- 32/421.62.14

Route de Belfort 6
2900 PORRENTRUY
Tel. 41- 32/465.94.65
Fax 41- 32/465.94.68

Canton of Lucerne
Kehlhofhalde 16
6043 ADLIGENSWIL
Tel. 41- 41/267.95.54
Fax 41- 41/267.97.75

Canton of Tessin
Via Carona 6
6815 MELIDE - LUGANO
Tel. 41- 91/649.41.66
Fax 41- 91/649.41.15

FIZIT
(French Centre of Industrial and Technical Information)
Walter-Kolb-Strasse 9/11
D- 60594 Frankfurt am Main
Tel. 49 - 69/60.50.19.0
Fax 49 - 69/60.50.19.66

DATAR (Invest in France)
Zeltweg 48
Postfach 249
8032 ZÜRICH
Tel. 41 - 1/261.45.00
Fax 41 - 1/261.45.05
Internet :
www.investinfrance.org

Maison de la France
ZÜRICH
Loewenstrasse 59
Postfach 7226
8023 ZÜRICH
Tel. 41 - 1/221.35.61
Fax 41 - 1/212.16.44

GENEVA
2 Rue Thalberg
1201 GENEVA
Tel. 41 - 22/732.86.10
Fax 41 - 22/731.58.73

SOPEXA
(Society for the increase of sales of Agricultural and food products)
Jupiterstrasse 47
8032 ZÜRICH
Tel. 41 - 1/383.93.87
Fax 41 - 1/383.93.88

S.N.C.F.
(French railways)
freight office
Effingerstrasse 31
3001 BERNE
Tel. 41 - 31/380.19.10
Fax 41 - 31/380.19.35

passenger office
Gutenbergstrasse 1
3011 BERNE
Tel. 41 - 31/380.19.21
Fax 41 - 31/380.19.39

French-Swiss Chambers of Commerce and Industry

GENEVA
32 Avenue de Frontenex
Case Postale 6298
1211 Geneva 6
Tel. 41 - 22/735.65.40 - 735.61.55
Fax 41 - 22/735.01.33

ZÜRICH
Beckenhofstrasse 58
Postfach 146
8035 Zürich
Tel. 41 - 1/363.55.54
Fax 41 - 1/363.56.32

BERNE
Eigerplatz 2
Postfach 386
3000 Bern 14
Tel. 41 - 31/387.41.11
Fax 41 - 31/387.41.20
Tel. 41 - 31/991.29.11
Fax 41 - 31/991.62.66

LAUSANNE
Tel. 41 - 21/343.08.33
Fax 41 - 21/343.47.50

BASLE
Aeschengraben 26
4002 Basle
Tel. 41 - 61/276.56.00
Internet :
www.cfsci.ch

C.F.C.E. (French Centre for External Trade)
10, avenue d'Iéna
75783 PARIS CEDEX 16
Tel. 33 - 1/40.73.30.00
Fax 33 - 1/40.73.39.69

COFACE (French Insurance Company for External Trade )
12 Cours Michelet
La Défense 10
92800 PUTEAUX
Tel. 33 - 1/49.02.20.00
Fax 33 - 1/47.73.77.36
Postal addres : 92065 PARIS-LA DEFENSE Cedex

CFME-ACTIM (Agency for the International Promotion of French Technology and Companies )
14 Avenue d'Eylau
75116 PARIS
Tel. 33 - 1/44.34.50.00
Fax 33 - 1/44.34.50.01

Swiss Chamber of Commerce in France
10 rue des Messageries
75010 PARIS
Tel. 33 - 1/48.01.00.77
Fax 33 - 1/48.01.05.75
Internet :
www.ccsf.com
E-mail :
moissonnier@ccsf.com

INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT IN SWITZERLAND :

(SDES) Society for the developement of the Swiss economy
Carrefour de Rive 1/BP 817
Ch-1211 Geneva 3
00 41 22/786 66 81 Fax : 00 41 22/786 645

Swiss Office of Commercial Expansion
Avenue de l’Avant-poste 4
BP 1128/Ch-1001 Lausanne
21/20 32 31

Swiss Association for the integration of ecology in company management
BP 9/9001 St Gall
71/28 63 02

Swiss Association for environmental techniques ASTE
Elisabethenstrasse 23/Ch-4010 Basle
61/271 02 88. Fax : 61/271 62 25

LEGAL TEXTS, REGULATIONS AND RIGHTS :

Federal central office of publications and material EDML
Ch-3000 Berne
31/322 39 08

Job Emploi-Elmepress
Job info, Case Postale 62
1025 Saint-Sulpice
00 41 21 691 56 01

Ofiamt (Federal office of industry, arts, professions and employment)
Emigration and training courses
3003 Bern
00 41 31 322 28 35

Swiss Society of Entrepreneurs
8 avenue Jomini/Case postale 21
1000 Lausanne 22
00 41 21 646 18 29

Federal Office of social Insurances
Abteilung Penzionskasse
Bundesgate 32/3003 Bern
00 41 31 322 64 11

Group of border workers
50 rue de Geneva/74100 Annemasse
00 41 50 37 34 97

Cantonal labour office of Geneva
4-6 rue des Glacis-de-Rive
Case postale 3938/1211 Geneva 3
00 41 22 787 61 11

Cantonal labour office of Vaud
Rue Caroline 11/1014 Lausanne
00 41 21 316 61 04

Kantonales Amt für Industrie, Gewerbe und Arbeit/Kaspar Escher Haus/8090 Zurich
00 41 1 259 11 11

Kantonales Amt Für Industrie, Gewerbe und Arbeit
Laupenstrasse 22/3011 Bern
00 41 31 633 41 11

Kantonales Arbeitsamt Luzern (Lucerne)
Hallwilerweg 5/6002 Luzern
00 41 41 24 51 11

 
Cantonal labour office
13 rue Joseph-Piller/1700 Fribourg
00 41 37 25 24 72

Cantonal labour office (Tessin)
Departimento economica e finanze
6500 Bellinzona
00 41 92 24 11 11

Cantonal labour office Neuchâtel
Rue de la paix 13/Case postale 2066
2302 La Chaux de Fonds
00 41 39 23 67 41

Cantonal dept of arts, professions and employment (Jura)
10 rue des Texerans/2800 Delémont
00 41 66 21 55 72

Headoffice of Customs
Monbijoustrasse 40/CH-3003 Berne
031 322 65 11

Head division of Traffic
Quellenweg 94/CH-3084 Wabern
031 323 42 11

Touring-club Switzerland TCS
Rue Pierre-Fatio 9/CH-1211 Genève
022 737 12 12

Automobile Club Switzerland ACS
Wasserwerdgasse 39/CH-3000 Berne 13
031 311 77 22

SCHOOLS:

Language courses
Neue sprach-und handelsschule
35 freie strasse/4001 basel
00 41.61.23.17.17

Eurocenter
1 schweizerhofquai/6004 Luzern
00 41.41.51.56.56

Oekos-schule für deutsch
51 zähringerstrasse/8001 zürich
00 41.1.252.49.35

Academy of languages and commerce
8 rue winkelried/1218 Geneva
00 41.22.731.77.56

Ecole berlitz
1 carrefour de rive/1207 Geneva
00 41.22.786.14.79

Varadi Language School
67 rue du rhone/1027 Geneva
00 41.22.786.04.76

International Brillantmont School
16 avenue secretant/1005 Lausanne
00 41.21.312.47.41

Modern Language Institute
Diavox sa/26 avenue de Morges
Lausanne
00 41.21.25.35.80

Eurocentre
12 passage saint-francois/Lausanne
00 41.21.25.26.43

Intitut Richelieu - French School
7 rue du Clos de Bulle
Lausanne
00 41.21.23.27.18

New French School
11 Pierre a mazel/2000 Neuchatel
00 41.38.25.36.46

Eurocentre
3 rue du musee/2000 Neuchatel
00 41.38.24.15.75

Cta istituto interlingue
4 via monte boglia/6900 Lugano
00 41.92.52.57.58

Swiss Federation of Private Schools
Case postale/1211 Geneva 11
00 41.22.28.09.66

Association of Private Schools in Vaud
60 avenue d'ouchy/1000 Lausanne 6
00 41.21.617.72.55

Verband schweizerischer privatschulen
Postfach/3011 Bern
00 41.31.26.23.22

 

Au pair

The experiment in international living in Switzerland
167 Seestrasse/8800Thalwil
00 41.1.720.54.97

Or Rue Caroline/1003 Lausanne
00 41.21.23.14.63

Amies de la jeune fille
72 stampfenbachstrasse
8006 Zürich
00 41.1361.40.43

Pro filia national sekretariat
27 baselstrasse/4500 Solothurn
00 41.65.23.15.06

 

ACCOMODATION ORGANIZATIONS :

Short term accomodation

Swiss federation of Youth Hostels
Postfach/3001 Bern
00 41.31.24.55.03

Scheiz. Fremdenverkehrsverband
11 finkenhubelweg
Postfach/3001 Bern
00 41.31.24.16.41

Swiss Tourist Board
38 bellariastrasse/8027 Zürich
00 41.1.288.11.11

Long term accomodation

Jugi tours
9 neufeldstrasse/3012 Berne
00 41.31.23.26.21

Voyages ssr (Swiss tourist service for students)
52 bäkerstrasse/8026 Zürich
00 41.1.242.30.00

VARIOUS :

Meeting and creating in Switzerland
Central University office
68 seidenweg/3012 Berne
00 41.31.24.23.50

Swiss council for youth activities
69 schwartztorstrasse/3007 Berne
00 41.31.26.22.25

Ymca
21 florastrasse/4600 Olten
00 41.62.26.62.26

Plastic Arts

Society of Swiss artists, sculptors and architects
9 kirchplatz/4132 Muttenz
00 41.61.74.80

Society of Swiss engravers
16 st alban graben/4051 Basle
00 41.61.23.18.55

Forum of beaux arts
Postfach 472/4021 Basle
00 41.61.691.60.00

Swiss society of beaux arts
10 in den reben/4123 Allschil
00 41.61.63.11.75

 

AUDIO-VISUAL :

Swiss Association for fictional and documentary films
4a effingerstrasse/3011 Berne
00 41.31.26.08.38

Swiss liaison bureau of cinema and audiovisual
Postfach/3001 Berne
00 41.31.21.11.06

Writing, poetry, comic strips

Swiss society of writers
Kirchgasse 25
8022 Zürich
00 41.1.261.30.20

MUSIC :

Musical youth of Switzerland
Maison de la radio 233
66 bld carl vogt/1211 Geneva 8
00 41.22.28.70.64

Swiss Union of musicians
Postfach/4010 Basle
00 41.61.23.87.86

 

SCHOOLS :

French School of Basle
Engelgasse 103, 4052 Basle
00 41 61 311 07 30. Pre-school and primary

French School of Berne :
Sulgenrainstrasse 11, 3007 Bern
00 41 31 371 79 50. Fax : 41 31 352 86 22.
Pre-school and primary and secondary 1st cycle.

New school: La Chassotte, GP 537, 1762 Givisiez/Fribourg
00 41 37 26 64 60. Primary and secondary 1st and 2nd cycle.

French Primary School of Geneva : 3 chemin des Vergers, 1208 Geneva
00 41 22 735 60 20 Fax : 41 22 735 96 00. Pre-school and primary

Valmont Boarding School
47 route d’Oron, 1010 Lausanne 00 41 21 652 37 33 Fax : 41 21 652 90 63.
Pre-school , primary and secondary 1st and 2nd cycle.

French Lycée of Zurich
Im Tobelacker 22, 8044 Zurich-Gockhausen
00411 821 55 17 Fax : 411 821 56 92.
Pre-school , primary and secondary 1st and 2nd cycle.

 

Radio : Radio suisse Romande - Fréquence bananne - Z'Animateurs - Radio

Fribourg - Radio Look - Z'Animateurs - Couleur 3 - Radio Chablais - Radio Lac
Le Temps - 24 Heures
Le Nouveau Quotidien
Webdo - La Tribune de Genève - Journal de Genève
TSR - Léman Bleu - TTM
100% 2000 - Télé 12
Confoederatio Helvetica
The town of Geneva
Points of economic interest in Geneva

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